Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework

(These content objectives should be taught using the skills objectives identified in the Common Core State Standards)

Grade 4

orth !merican "eogra#hy

with $#tional Standards for $ne %arly Civili&ation

$verview of Sco#e and Se'uence

(n grade )* students study the geogra#hy and #eo#le of the +nited States today, Students learn geogra#hy by addressing standards that em#hasi&e #olitical and #hysical geogra#hy and embed five major conce#ts- location* #lace* human interaction with the environment* movement* and regions, (n addition* they learn about the geogra#hy and #eo#le of contem#orary Me.ico and Canada,
Teachers may choose to teach the standards on the geogra#hy and social characteristics of the nations in Central !merica and the Caribbean (slands, Teachers may also choose to have students study in the first half of the school year one early civili&ation, China is recommended because it is not taught in grade / and can be easily connected to the %nglish language arts curriculum through its myths* legends* and folktales,

(n this curriculum framework* the four disci#lines of history* geogra#hy* economics* and civics and government are integrated in the learning standards* they are not #resented in four se#arate strands, ! coding system has been used throughout to indicate disci#linary content stressed in a standard: (H) history, (G) geography, (E) economics, and (C) civics and government.

Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework

North American Geography

with $#tional Standards for $ne %arly Civili&ation

(n grade )* students study the geogra#hy and #eo#le of the +nited States today, Students learn geogra#hy by addressing standards that em#hasi&e #olitical and #hysical geogra#hy and embed five major conce#ts- location* #lace* human interaction with the environment* movement* and regions, (n addition* they learn about the geogra#hy and #eo#le of contem#orary Me.ico and Canada,

Grade 4 Concepts and Ski s

Students should be able to:

History and Geography

0, +se ma# and globe skills to determine absolute locations (latitude and longitude) of #laces studied, (") 1, (nter#ret a ma# using information from its title* com#ass rose* scale* and legend, (") 2, $bserve and describe national historic sites and describe their function and significance, (H* C)

Civics and Government

), "ive e.am#les of the major rights that immigrants have ac'uired as citi&ens of the +nited States (e,g,* the right to vote* and freedom of religion* s#eech* assembly* and #etition), (C) 3, "ive e.am#les of the different ways immigrants can become citi&ens of the +nited States, (C)

Economics
4, 5efine and give e.am#les of natural resources in the +nited States, (%) /, "ive e.am#les of limited and unlimited resources and e.#lain how scarcity com#els #eo#le and communities to make choices about goods and services* giving u# some things to get other things, (%) 6, "ive e.am#les of how the interaction of buyers and sellers influences the #rices of goods and services in markets, (%)

Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework Grade 4 !earning Standards

Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework

North America inc "des:
!nguilla (+,7,)* !ntigua and 8arbuda* !ruba ( eth,)* 8ahamas* 8arbados* 8eli&e* 8ermuda (+,7,)* 8ritish 9irgin (slands (+,7,)* Canada* Cayman (slands (+,7,)* Costa :ica* Cuba* 5ominica* 5ominican :e#ublic* "reenland (5en,)* "renada* "uadelou#e (Fr,)* "uatemala* Haiti* Honduras* ;amaica* Martini'ue (Fr,)* Me.ico* Montserrat (+,7,)* etherlands !ntilles ( eth,)* icaragua* <anama* <uerto :ico (+,S,)* St, 7itts and evis* St, =ucia* St,><ierre and Mi'uelon (Fr,)* St, 9incent and the "renadines* Trinidad and Tobago* Turks and Caicos (slands (+,7,)* +nited States* 9irgin (slands (+,S,)

Building on knowledge from previous years, students should be able to:

#egions o$ the %nited States

),6 $n a ma# of the world* locate orth !merica, $n a ma# of orth !merica* locate the +nited States* the !tlantic and <acific $ceans* "ulf of Me.ico* Mississi##i and :io "rande :ivers* the "reat =akes* Hudson 8ay* and the :ocky and !##alachian Mountain ranges, (") ),? $n a ma# of orth !merica* locate the current boundaries of the +nited States (including !laska and Hawaii), =ocate the ew %ngland* Middle !tlantic* !tlantic Coast@!##alachian* Southeast@"ulf* South Central* "reat =akes* <lains* Southwest 5esert* and <acific states and the Commonwealth of <uerto :ico, See !##endi. H for a listing of states in each region, (") ),0A (dentify the states* state ca#itals* and major cities in each region, (") ),00 5escribe the climate* major #hysical features* and major natural resources in each region, (") ),01 (dentify and describe uni'ue features of the +nited States (e,g,* the %verglades* the "rand Canyon* Mount :ushmore* the :edwood Forest* Bellowstone ational <ark* and Bosemite ational <ark), (") ),02 (dentify major monuments and historical sites in and around Cashington* 5,C, (e,g,* the ;efferson and =incoln Memorials* the Smithsonian Museums* the =ibrary of Congress* the Chite House* the Ca#itol* the Cashington Monument* the ational !rchives* !rlington ational Cemetery* the 9ietnam 9eterans Memorial* the (wo ;ima Memorial* and Mount 9ernon), (") ),0) (dentify the five different %uro#ean countries (France* S#ain* %ngland* :ussia* and the etherlands) that influenced different regions of the #resent +nited States at the time the ew Corld was being e.#lored and describe how their influence can be traced to #lace names* architectural features* and language, (H* ")

),03 5escribe the diverse nature of the !merican #eo#le by identifying the distinctive contributions to !merican culture of!, several indigenous #eo#les in different areas of the country (e,g,* avajo* Seminoles* Siou.* Hawaiians* and (nuits),

Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework

Grade 4 &ptiona !earning Standards

&ptiona Standards $or Ancient China, c. '((()*(( +C,+CE
),0 $n a ma# of !sia* locate China* the Huang He (Bellow) :iver and Chang ;iang (Bangt&e) :ivers* and the Himalayan Mountains, (") ),1 5escribe the to#ogra#hy and climate of eastern !sia* including the im#ortance of mountain ranges and deserts* and e.#lain how geogra#hy influenced the growth of Chinese civili&ation, ("* %) ),2 5escribe the ideogra#hic writing system used by the Chinese (characters* which are symbols for conce#ts@ideas) and how it differs from an al#habetic writing system, (H) ),) 5escribe im#ortant technologies of China such as bron&e casting* silk manufacture* and gun#owder, (H* %) ),3 (dentify who Confucius was and describe his writings on good government* codes of #ro#er conduct* and relationshi#s between #arent and child* friend and friend* husband and wife* and subject and ruler, (H* C) ),4 5escribe how the First %m#eror unified China by subduing warring factions* sei&ing land* centrali&ing government* im#osing strict rules* and creating with the use of slave labor large state building #rojects for irrigation* trans#ortation* and defense (e,g,* the "reat Call), (H* C* %) ),/ !fter visiting a museum* listening to a museum educator in school* or conducting research in the library* describe an animal* #erson* building* or design de#icted in an ancient Chinese work of art, (H* ")

&ptiona Standards $or Centra America and the Cari--ean .s ands

* may be covered as part of 6th grade Geography*
),1/ $n a ma# of orth and South !merica* locate the (sthmus of <anama which divides orth from South !merica, +se a ma# key to locate islands* countries* and major cities of Central !merica and the Caribbean (slands, ("* %) 4.28 Describe the climate and major natural resources of Central America and the Caribbean Islands and explain their relationship to the economy of those regions. (G, E) ),1? (dentify the different languages used in different countries in the Caribbean region today (e,g,* S#anish in Cuba* French in Haiti* %nglish in 8arbados and ;amaica), (H) ),2A (dentify when the countries in the Caribbean and in Central !merica became inde#endent nations and e.#lain how inde#endence was achieved, (H* ")

Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework