Grade 4 • Social Studies Resources

Grade 4 Social Studies

Activities and Games

• General History: http://www.ngkids.co.nz/history Links to an external site.
• Exploring Maryland's Roots: http://mdroots.thinkport.org/default_flash.asp Links to an external site.
  
• Money Games: https://kids.usa.gov/play-games/money/index.shtml Links to an external site.
• Money Videos and Comics: https://kids.usa.gov/money/index.shtml
• Chesapeake Bay, Native Americans: https://app.alchemylearning.com/o/11 Links to an external site.
• Maryland Historical Society, by subject: http://www.mdhs.org/digital-images Links to an external site.
• Student Discovery Sets, by subject: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/student-discovery-sets
• Geography, U.S. History Games, by subject: http://www.uen.org/3-6interactives/social_studies.shtml Links to an external site.
• Student Passport for traveling the USA: https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/passports/YouthPassportActivityBook.pdf  Links to an external site.

• American Revolution
• http://www.mountvernon.org/education/for-students Links to an external site. (Learn about George Washington and take a virtual tour of his home)
• https://kids.usa.gov/play-games/history/index.shtml Links to an external site. (History Games)
• http://www.americaslibrary.gov/ Links to an external site. (Library of Congress interactive games and activities)
• http://americanhistory.si.edu/kids/kids-things-do-home Links to an external site. (Museum of American History interactive games and activities) 

Ebooks

Howard County Library System eBooks for Kids: Join the library to have access to titles aligned to curriculum topics from the What Your Child Will Learn section http://hclibrary.org/books-movies-music/e-books-for-kids/ Links to an external site.

TumbleBooks (enter library pin #, then search eBook collection)  http://hclibrary.org/research/remote-authentication/?resource=tlib\ Links to an external site.

TumbleBookCloud Junior Links to an external site. With over 600 titles and reading levels from grades 3-8, TumbleBookCloud Junior is a great option for adventurous young readers who wish to go beyond the picture book collection in TumbleBook Library. TumbleBookCloud Junior contains early reader chapter books, children’s classics, graphic novels, children’s audiobooks, and National Geographic videos – many of which are paired with e-books – a perfect complement to support Common Core Curriculum.

TrueFlix Links to an external site. (enter library pin #, then search eBook collection) http://hclibrary.org/research/remote-authentication/?resource=tlib\ Links to an external site. Children who are proficient readers can watch a streaming video, read a nonfiction book, then further explore and research the subject matter through TrueFlix. TrueFlix also provides ideas and goals to assist beginning researchers with projects and homework assignments.

BookFLIX – Stories for Children Links to an external site. BookFLIX pairs fiction video books with nonfiction Scholastic eBooks to build a love of reading, while reinforcing necessary skills.

PebbleGo Links to an external site. Designed for PreK through third-grade students, PebbleGo features built-in reading and research tools expertly leveled for new readers. Audio supports navigation, and articles include narrated text, highlighting, audio, and video. Topics include Animals, Earth and Space, Biographies, and Social Studies.

• National Geographic Kids Everything Money (Howard County Library website > eContent for Kids > National Geographic Kids)
• Howard County Library website > eContent for Kids > The Thirteen Colonies (13 books available)
• Harriet Tubman (Howard County Library website > eContent for Kids > True Flix > Biographies)
• Slavery in America (Howard County Library website > eContent for Kids > True Flix > The Civil War)

• The Maryland Adventure textbook Chapelle, Suzanne Ellery, Utah: Gibbs-Smith, 2001 (NEWEST EDITION) Electronic e-text available: (Username: HCPSSstudent Password: student)  http://digital.gibbssmitheducation.com/maryland_adventure_student_resources (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.

Suggested Resource List for Students

Unit 1: Worlds Collide

• Tayac, G. (2003). Meet Naiche: A native boy from the Chesapeake Bay area. Gareth Stevens Publishing. ISBN: 978-0836837957.
• Kavin, K. (2013). Native Americans: Discover the history and cultures of the First Americans. Nomad Press. ISBN: 978-1619301702.
  
• Rumford, J. (2004). Sequoyah: The Cherokee man who gave his people writing. HMH Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 978-0618369478.
• Waters, K. (1996). Tapenum's day: A Wampanoag Indian boy in pilgrim times. Scholastic Press. (978-0590202374).
• Arnez, L. (2016). My life in an Algonquian village. Gareth Stevens Publishing. ISBN: 978-1482439861.
• Marsh, C. (2004). Maryland Native Americans: A kid's look at our state's chiefs, tribes, reservations, powwows, lore & more from the past & the present. Gallopade International. ISBN: 978-0635022844.
• Freed, K. (2015). Learning about Native Americans with arts & crafts. PowerKids Press. ISBN: 978-1477758410.
• Nagelhout, R. (2015). The Mohawk people. Gareth Stevens Publishing. ISBN: 978-1482419900.
• Rossi, A. (2004). Cultures collide: Native Americans and Europeans, 1492-1700. National Geographic Children's Books. ISBN: 978-0792271895.
  
• DiMartino, C. (2005). Making connections: Americans Indians and settlers. Pearson Scott Foresman. ISBN: 978-0328148929.
• Yolen, J. (1996). Encounter. Voyager Books. ISBN: 978-0152013899.
• MacDonald, F. (2014). You wouldn't want to sail with Christopher Columbus: Uncharted waters you'd rather not cross. Children's Press. ISBN: 978-0531228531.
• O'Brien, C. (2014). Explore with Christopher Columbus (Travel with the great explorers). Crabtree Publishing Company. ISBN: 978-0778712572.
• Cooke, T. (2013). The exploration of North America. Gareth Stevens Publishing. ISBN: 978-1433986246.
• Keller, S. (2013). The true story of Christopher Columbus. PowerKids Press. ISBN: 978-1448898428.
• Steins, R. (2000). Exploration and settlement. Raintree. ISBN: 978-0817257002.
  
• Bader, B. (2013). Who was Christopher Columbus. Grosset & Dunlap. ISBN: 978-0448463339.
• Ross, S. (2014) Into the unknown: How explorers found their way by land, sea, and air.
  Candlewick. ISBN: 978-0763669928.
  
• Freedman, R. (2007). Who was first?: Discovering the Americas. Clarion Books. ISBN: 978-0618663910.
  
• Gunderson, J. (2013). Christopher Columbus: A new world explorer or fortune hunter?Capstone Press. ISBN: 978-1476534060. 
• Hart, A. (2003). Who really discovered America?: Unraveling the mystery & solving the puzzle.Williamson Publishing Company. ISBN: 978-1885593467.
• Herr, M. (2016). Exploring the new world: An interactive history adventure. Capstone Press. ISBN: 978-1515742586.

Unit 2: Resistance, Colonization, and European Explansion in North America

• Blake, K. (2015). Roanoke island: The town that vanished. Bearport Publishing. ISBN: 978-1627245210.
  
• Stemple, H. E., & Yolen, J. (2003). Roanoke: The lost colony - An Unsolved Mystery from History. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 978-0689823213.
  
• Rose, C.S. (2015). Blue birds. G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers.
  
• Haddix, M. P. (2011). Sabotaged (The Missing: Book 3). Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 978-1416954255.
  
• Niz, X. W. (2006). The mystery of the Roanoke Colony. Capstone Press. ISBN: 978-0736896573.
• Lange, K. (2007). 1607: A new look at Jamestown. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Children's Books. ISBN: 978-1426300127. 
• Walker, S. M. (2009). Written in bone: Buried lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland. Carolrhoda Books. ISBN: 978-0822571353.
  
• Carbone, E. (2007). Blood on the River: James Town 1607. Puffin Books. ISBN: 978-0142409329.
• Sewall, M. (2001). James Towne: Struggle for survival. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 978-0689818141.
• Shea, T. (2014). History of the Chesapeake Bay. Gareth Stevens Publishing. ISBN: 9781433997723.
• Braun, E. (2006). The story of Jamestown. Capstone Press. ISBN: 978-0736862103. 
• Arenstam, P., & Kemp, J. (2007). Mayflower 1620: A new look at a pilgrim voyage. National Geographic Children's Books. ISBN: 978-0792262763.
  
• Yero, J. L. (2006). American documents: The Mayflower Compact. National Geographic Children's Books. ISBN: 978-0792258919.
  
• Cook, P. (2013). You wouldn't want to sail on the Mayflower!: A trip that took entirely too long. Franklin Watts. ISBN: 978-0531238585.
• Rajczak, K. (2013). Documents that shaped America: The Mayflower Compact. Gareth Stevens Publishing. ISBN: 978-1433990069.
  
• Morley, J. (2013). You wouldn't want to be an American Colonist! A settlement you'd rather not start. Children's Press. ISBN: 978-0531245026.
  
• Raum, E. (2011). The Dreadful, Smelly Colonies: The disgusting details about life in Colonial America. Capstone Press. ISBN: 978-1429663519.
• Samuels, C. (2010). Timeline of the colonial world. Gareth Stevens Publishing. ISBN: 978-1433934964.
• Masoff, J. (2000). Chronicle of America: Colonial times, 1600-1700. New York: Scholastic Reference. ISBN: 978-0439051071.
• Machajewski, S. (2015). A kid's life in Colonial America. New York : PowerKids Press. ISBN: 9781499400069.
• Spilsbury, L. (2014). Horrible jobs in colonial times. New York: Gareth Stevens Publishing. ISBN: 9781482403305.
• Burgan, M. (2004). Life in the thirteen colonies: Maryland. New York: Children's Press. ISBN: 978-0516245713. 

Unit 3: American Revolution

• Anderson, L.H. (2010). Chains. The seeds of America trilogy. New York, NY: Atheneum Books. ISBN: 9781416905868
• Anderson, L.H. (2012). Forge. The seeds of America trilogy. New York, NY: Atheneum Books. ISBN: 9781416961451
• Avi (2013). Sophia’s war: A tale of the revolution. San Diego, CA: Beach Lane Books. ISBN: 9781442414426
• Blair, M. W. (2010). Liberty or death: The surprising story of runaway slaves who sided with the British during the American Revolution. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic. ISBN: 9781426305900
• Brennan, L. C., & Noll, C. K. (2004). The Black regiment of the American Revolution. North Kingstown, RI: Moon Mountain Pub. ISBN: 9781931659062
• Burgan, M., Wiacek, B., Williams, K., & Barnett, C. (2006). The Boston Massacre. Mankato, MN: Capstone Press. ISBN: 9780736862028
• Collier, J.L. (2005). My brother Sam is dead. New York, NY: Scholastic Corporation. ISBN: 9780439783606
• Elliott, L.M. (2008). Give me liberty. New York, NY. Katherine Tegen Books. ISBN: 0060744235
• Forbes, E.H. (2011). Johnny Tremain. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN: 9780547614328
• Gondosch, L. (2010). How did tea and taxes spark a revolution?: And other questions about the Boston Tea Party. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications. ISBN: 9780761361220
• Hale, N. (2012). One dead spy. Nathan Hale’s hazardous tales. New York, NY: Abrams Books. ISBN: 9781419703966
• Lassieur, A. (2011). Colonial America: An interactive history adventure. Mankato, MN: Capstone Press. ISBN: 9781429662772
• Moore, K. (1998). If you lived at the time of the American Revolution. New York, NY: Scholastic Corporation. ISBN: 9780590674447
• Paulsen, G. (2011). Woods runner. New York, NY: Wendy Lamb Books. ISBN: 9780375859083
• Raum, E. (2016). The revolutionary war: An interactive history adventure. Mankato, MN: Capstone Press. ISBN: 9781515742647
• Schanzer, R. (2007). George vs. George: The American Revolution as seen from both sides. Washington, DC: National Geographic. ISBN: 9781426300424
• Sheinkin, S. (2015). King George: What was his problem?: Everything your schoolbooks didn’t tell you about the American Revolution. New York, NY: Square Fish. ISBN: 9781250075772
• Smith, L. (2006). John, Paul, George & Ben. New York, NY: Hyperion Books for Children. ISBN: 9780786848935
• An Early Sign of Trouble- The Proclamation of 1763:
  • Ed Puzzle Video on the Proclamation of 1763: https://edpuzzle.com/media/5554f32b71cfdc897917a012
  • Thinglink interactive picture about the Proclamation of 1763: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/570955968586711041
  • Treaty of Paris/Proclamation of 1763 map: http://www.sussexvt.k12.de.us/science/The%20History%20of%20the%20World%201500-1899/The%20Proclamation%20of%201763.htm
• Trouble with Taxes
  • The Burning of the Peggy Stewart- http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc1500/sc1545/001100/001111/text/label.html This website includes the painting, The Burning of the Peggy Stewart, along with a brief description.
  • Smithsonian’s Primary Resources from the American Revolution - http://www.smithsoniansource.org/display/primarysource/results.aspx?hId=1004
    This website has some primary documents from the time period 1763-1776 as well as brief explanations.
  • ReadWriteThink’s Timeline - http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline_2
  • Video: Liberty’s Kids: #02 “The Intolerable Acts” (1 of 2 parts)  Links to an external site.(10 Minutes)
  • 13 Colonies & American Revolution (Loyalist/Patriot)Thinglink: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/643639811285975042
• Differing Perspectives During the American Revolution
  •   Loyalists vs Patriots - The American Revolution
  • Patriots vs. Loyalists
  • Loyalists, Fence-Sitters, and Patriots- Explanation of the various points-of-views of colonists during the Revolutionary period.- http://www.ushistory.org/us/11b.asp Links to an external site.
• The Declaration of Independence
  • Declaration of Independence True Flix Book: http://tfx.grolier.com/p/node-33060/01001872
  • Name that Founding Father: interactive game on KidsZone - http://www.history.org/kids/games/foundingFather.cfm
  • America's Founders Online: Information about the twenty-four of America's founders- http://billofrightsinstitute.org/educate/educator-resources/founders Links to an external site.
  • Signing of the Declaration of Independence (Resource 5.m2.1) Download Signing of the Declaration of Independence (Resource 5.m2.1) from Explore Capital Hill Website - http://www.aoc.gov/capitol-hill/historic-rotunda-paintings/declaration-independence
  • The Declaration of Independence: Sign the Declaration Interactive - http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_sign.html
  • Liberty’s Kids: #08 “The Second Continental Congress” (part 1 of 2) video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=m5NWYSU0qhQ  Links to an external site.
  • Liberty’s Kids: #08 “The Second Continental Congress” (part 2 of 2) video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cJ1dktC5ykU Links to an external site.
  • The Monticello Classroom - http://classroom.monticello.org/kids/resources/profile/6/Jefferson-and-the-Declaration-of-Independence
  • “The Declaration of Independence” Interactive Painting  http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/Winter11/painting
  • “Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration” Declaration Spoof - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_56cZGRMx4 Links to an external site.
  • John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith. Level P. A video of this being read aloud is available online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEwFE9bE81U
• The Revolutionary Battles
  • ouTube Video clip/scene from the movie “Miracle”- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp-j6GJJgJ8 Links to an external site.
  • Hamilton "Guns and Ships"  https://edpuzzle.com/media/59a6a140e1979969d00833b9
  • Hamilton "Battle of Yorktown" CLEAN version:https://edpuzzle.com/media/59a6a4df310cdd262d5098d1
  • Take a virtual tour of George Washington's home: Mount Vernon- http://www.mountvernon.org/education/for-students Links to an external site.

Unit 4: Maryland in Business

• Acton, J. (2010). Eyewitness: Economy. New York, N.Y. : DK Publishing. ISBN: 9780756658274.
• Catel, P. (2012). Money and trade. Chicago, Ill. : Heinemann Library. ISBN: 9781432946357.
• Bailey, G. (2016). World money. Chicago, Ill. : Norwood House Press. ISBN: 9781599537207.
• Orr, T. (2009). A kid's guide to the economy. Mitchell Lane Publishers. 978-1584158363.
• McKenna, J., Glista, J., & Fontaine, M. (2016). How to turn $100 into $1,000,000: Earn! Save! Invest!. Workman Publishing Company. ISBN: 978-0761180807.
• Nourigat, P. (2012). Marvels of money for kids. FarBeyond Publishing LLC. ISBN: 978-1936872077.
• Sember, B. M. (2008). The everything kids' money book: Earn it, save it, and watch it. Adams Media. 978-1598697841.
• Furgang, K. (2013). Everything money: A wealth of facts, photos, and fun!. National Geographic Children's Books. ISBN: 978-1426310263.

Books/Resources for Parents

• We have a story to tell: Native people of the Chesapeake region. http://nmai.si.edu/sites/1/files/pdf/education/chesapeake.pdf Links to an external site. 
  
• Kelso, W. M. (2008). Jamestown, the buried truth. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press. ISBN: 9780813925639.
• Wiener, R. (2005). Maryland: The history of Maryland colony, 1634-1776. Chicago, Ill. : Raintree. ISBN: 0739868802.
  
• Activities and conversation starters to help your children develop money skills, habits, and attitudes that can serve them well as adults http://www.consumerfinance.gov/money-as-you-grow/ Links to an external site.
• Notable Social Studies Trade Books For Young People http://www.socialstudies.org/notable Links to an external site.
• C3 standards: http://www.socialstudies.org/c3 Links to an external site.
• CIA Factbook:https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook Links to an external site.
• UNESCO world heritage site: http://whc.unesco.org/ Links to an external site.
• Smithsonian Family Visitation Guide: http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/families/family_visit/index.html Links to an external site.