Grade 4 • Social Studies What Your Child Will Learn

Grade 4 Social Studies

What Your Child Will Learn

Each of the quarters is organized to help answer a compelling question that ties the unit together. Listed below are the compelling questions for each unit along with the major concepts for each lesson.

World Collide

Native Culture: Comparing Societies in the Americas, Western Europe, and Western Africa
Exploration and how native tribes met their needs
Settlement patterns of Native tribes
Reasons people explore
Comparing cultures of European settlers and American Indian tribes
Impact of European exploration: life after the Columbian Exchange

Resistance, Colonization, and European Expansion in North America (1500 – 1650)

Primary/secondary sources
Early settlements
Colonial regions
Triangle Trade
Effects of colonization
Slavery

American Revolution (1750-1789)

Events leading to the revolution
Colonial responses to British acts
Declaration of Independence
Revolutionary war
Articles of Confederation

Financial Literacy

Financial services
Insurance
Checking and savings accounts
Decision making
Debit and credit cards
Careers