Elementary Elementary Social Studies Grade 4

Module One: Geography

-Cultural features on a state map

-Physical features

-Map elements

-Political and physical maps

-Weather patterns and climates

-Settlers in the local region

-How humans modify and adapt to their environment

-Resources

-Characteristics of people in a local area or state

Module Two: Native Americans

-Native American tribes

-Primary and secondary sources

-Expeditions to North America

-Explorers who came to North America

-European colonization of North America

-Media types to gather information

-Effects of European colonization on Native American tribes

Module Three: Times of Transition

-Nations that controlled the United States before becoming United States territory

-Daily life and purpose of missions

-Colonial rule impacted North America

-African slaves fled to Fort Mose

-European settlers established forts in colonial North America

-European settlers enslaved Native Americans and Africans in colonial North America

-American Revolution

-War of 1812

-United States expansion in the early 1800s

Module Four: Civil War and Reconstruction

-Pioneer life

-Technological advances

-Congress has the power to create states

-American Civil War

-Reconstruction period in the United States