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4th GradeQuarter 2
Social Studies Preview
Betsey OlotkaSchool Instructional Specialist
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Quarter 2:
Early Explorers◦Four Weeks
Colonization◦Five Weeks
Early Explorers
StandardsExplorers:
◦Reasons for, obstacles to, accomplishments of Cabot, de Balboa, de Leon, Columbus, Hudson, Cartier
◦Cooperation and conflict between explorers and natives
◦Economics: Opportunity Cost, Technological Advancements
◦Geography: Adapting to new environments
Available Resources:
Nystrom “Our Country’s History” Atlas:
◦Lesson 9: Three Worlds Meet
◦Lesson 11: To the Indies
◦Lesson 12: Northwest Passage
◦Lesson 15: Timeline: Three Worlds Meet
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Primary Source Readers Early America:
◦Exploring the New World
◦Christopher Columbus
Available Resources:
United States Economic History:
◦Unit 2: European ExplorationWhy did Spain choose to support exploration?
Early Explorers
Voice Thread Research
http://voicethread.com/share/1602641/
Early Explorers
Report Card◦Upon what criteria should
we grade this explorer? Ability to overcome obstacles? Treatment of natives?
◦What evidence do we have to support the grades we have given the explorer?
Early Explorers
Ideas Tug-of-War
Hero Villain
Early Explorers
Grouping Cards
Early ExplorersPicture Books/Trade Books
◦So You Want to Be an Explorer? by Judith St. George and David Small
◦You Wouldn’t Want to Sail with Christopher Columbus! by Fiona MacDonald
◦The World Made Newby Marc Aronson and John W. Glenn
◦The Explorer’s Gazetteby Melissa Heckscher and Mark Shulman
Colonization
StandardsColonization:
◦Life in New England, Mid-Atlantic, Southern colonies
◦Colonial life: Large Landowners, Farmers, Artisans, Women, Indentured Servants, Slaves, Native Americans
◦Economics: Price Incentives, Specialization, Voluntary Exchange, Trade
◦Impact of geography on economic activities in colonies
Available Resources:
Nystrom “Our Country’s History” Atlas:
◦Lesson 17: Colonial America◦Lesson 18: Colonial Settlements◦Lesson 19: The Thirteen Colonies◦Lesson 20: Plantation Life◦Lesson 21: Indentured Servants and Slaves◦Lesson 23: Timeline: Colonial America
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Primary Source Readers Early America:
◦Life in the Colonies
Available Resources:
United States Economic History:
◦Unit 3: Colonial America Why did people choose to settle in different parts of the British colonies?
ColonizationLeveled Readings/Jigsaw
ColonizationColonial Day –
The Lives of Colonial People
ColonizationContent-Based Nametags
