Social Studies Curriculum
Grade 4 - Unit 4
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September - November
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December - February
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March - June
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Three Worlds Meet in New York (Geography and Native Americans)
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Colonial America and Revolutionary War
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Formation of our National and Local Government
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Industrial Revolution, Erie Canal and Immigration
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Themes, Understandings And Overarching Essential Questions For This Unit
Theme 2: Development, Movement and Interaction of Cultures
- Understanding: All cultures and people have some things in common and some things that are different.
- Essential Question: How are we similar? How are we different?
Theme 3: Time, Continuity and Change
- Understanding: Our past helps us to understand how we live today. Our present affects how we and others will live in the future.
- Essential Questions: How does the past influence the present and the future? How do people see the same thing differently?
Theme 8: Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems
- Understanding: Decisions are based on needs, wants and consequences.
- Essential Question: How do our needs and wants affect our decisions?
Theme 9: Science, Technology and Innovation
- Understanding: Changes in ways of thinking and technology have dramatic impacts on society.
- Essential Question: How does changing technology change society?
Theme 10: Global Connections and Exchange
- Understanding: Interactions between groups of people can benefit some, while harming others.
- Essential Question: How does trade influence relationships between cultures and nations help some and hurt others?
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Specific Essential Questions For This Unit
Theme 2: Development, Movement and Interaction of Cultures
- How did immigrant groups adapt to and change American culture?
- How has immigration positively and negatively influenced America?
Theme 3: Time, Continuity and Change
- How have changes in technology influenced our lives?
- How have I personally been influenced by immigration?
Theme 8: Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems
- How did the Industrial Revolution change American businesses industry and economy?
- How did new forms of technology change life in America during the Industrial Era?
- How did the Erie Canal impact life in New York and America?
Theme 9: Science, Technology and Innovation
- How did the Industrial Revolution change American businesses industry and economy?
- How did new forms of technology change life in America during the Industrial Era?
- How did the Erie Canal impact life in New York and America?
Theme 10: Global Connections and Exchange
- How did immigrant groups adapt to and change American culture?
- How has immigration positively and negatively influenced America?
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By The End Of This Unit Students Should Know
Theme 2: Development, Movement and Interaction of Cultures
- Key ideas: Immigrant groups adapted to American culture and changed it by adding parts of their old cultures. Immigration has had positive and negative effects on America.
- Key Vocabulary: heritage, homeland, immigrant, passage, port, rural, suburban, urban
- Key Places: Ellis Island, New York City
Theme 3: Time, Continuity and Change
- Key ideas: Changes in technology change our culture and the way we live. Immigration continues to impact life in America.
- Key Vocabulary: child labor, factories, industry, locomotive, mill, protest, raw materials, reform, social reform, steam engine, working, conditions
Theme 8: Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems
- Key ideas: Changes in Industry created changes in American economy and business. The Industrial Revolution had both positive and negative effects on America. The Erie Canal connected NY Harbor with the Central US promoting business and trade.
- Key Vocabulary: canal, ditch, excavating, lock, port, technology, toll, trade, transportation
- Key Places: Hudson River, Lake Erie, Erie Canal
Theme 9: Science, Technology and Innovation
- Key ideas: Changes in Industry created changes in American economy and business. The Industrial Revolution had both positive and negative effects on America. The Erie Canal connected NY Harbor with the Central US promoting business and trade.
- Key Vocabulary: canal, ditch, excavating, lock, port, technology, toll, trade, transportation
Theme 10: Global Connections and Exchange
- Key ideas: Immigrant groups adapted to American culture and changed it by adding parts of their old cultures. Immigration has had positive and negative effects on America.
- Key Vocabulary: heritage, homeland, immigrant, passage, port, rural, suburban, urban
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By The End Of This Unit Students Should Be Able To
Theme 2: Development, Movement and Interaction of Cultures and
Theme 10: Global Connections and Exchange
- Explain with specific example how immigrant groups adapted to and changed American culture.
- Evaluate the positive and negative aspects of immigration to America.
Theme 3: Time, Continuity and Change
- Explain with specific example how technology changed life in a different era in American history.
- Compare and contrast one’s own experiences with changing technology to another era technological change in American history.
- Explain how you have personally been influenced by immigration.
Theme 8: Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems and
Theme 9: Science, Technology and Innovation
- Identify the Industrial Revolution.
- Evaluate the positive and negative effects of the Industrial Revolution.
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Enrichment Resources
Suggested Books
- Andrejko, Joan et al. New
York State Activity Book Grade Four. New York: Harcourt Brace &
Company, 1993. (Out of Print)
- Banks, James A. et
al. New York Adventures in Time and Place. New York:
Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, 1998.
- Benchley, Nathaniel. Small Wolf. USA:
Harper Trophy, 1994. An I Can Read Book, Level 3. (Level J)
- Bierhorst, John, ed. The Naked Bear: Folktales
of the Iroquois. (Out of Print)
New York: William Morrow & Co., 1987.
- Brundin, Judith A. The Native People of the
Northeast Woodlands: An Educational Resources Publication. New York:
Museum of the American Indian, 1990. (Out of Print)
- Cohlene, Terri. Little Firefly: An Algonquian
Legend. USA: Troll Associates, 1990. (Level P)
- Doherty, Craig A. and Katherine M. The Iroquois.
New York: Franklin Watts, 1991.
- Dominic, Gloria. Song of the Hermit Thrush: An
Iroquois Legend. USA: Troll Associates, 1996.
- Duvall, Jill. The Tuscarora. Chicago,
Illinois: Childrens Press, 1991.
- Duvall, Jill. The Seneca. Chicago,
Illinois: Childrens Press, 1991. (Also has titles of other tribes.) (Out
of Print)
- Freed, Stanley A. “Lacrosse: Yesterday and Today.”
Cobblestone (Nov. 1994), pp 32-35. (Out of Print)
- Gaines, Richard M., Gray-Kanatiiosh, Barbara A., Algonquin.
Checkerboard Books, 2000. (Out of Print)
- Holling, Holling Clancy. Paddle to the Sea.
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969.
- Horizons. New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2004. (Out of
Print)
- Killoran, James et al. Learning About New York
State. Lake Ronkonkoma, NY: Jarrett Publishing Co., 2000. (Out of
Print)
- Killoran, James et al. New York: Its Land and
People. Lake Ronkonkoma, NY: Jarrett Publishing Co., 1997. (Out of
Print)
- Larkin, F. Daniel et al. New York Yesterday and
Today. Morristown, NJ: Silver-Burdett & Ginn, 1990. (Out of Print)
- Levine, Ellen. If You
Lived With the Iroquois. New York,
Scholastic, 1998. (Level M)
- Maestro, Betsy and Guilio. Discovery of America.
New York, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1991.
- Ney, Marian W. Indian America: A Geography of
North American Indians. Cherokee, NC: Cherokee Publications, 1977.
- Quiri, Patricia Ryon. The Algonquians. New
York: Franklin Watts, 1992
- Ridington, Jillian and Robin. People of the
Longhouse. Vancouver, BC: Douglas & McIntyre, 1982.
- Robbins, Mari Lu. Native American: Tales and
Activities. Huntington Beach, CA: Teacher Created Materials, 1996.
- Rubins, Diane Teitel. Native Americans:
Project, Games, and Activities. USA: Troll Associates, 1994. (Out of
Print)
- Seabury, Debra and Peeples, Susan. Ready-to-Use
Social Studies Activities For the Elementary Classroom. West Nyack,
NY: The Center for Applied Research in Education, 1989.
- Sesso, Gloria and Charles
Welles Feder. The New York State Story.
Austin, TX:Steck-Vaughn Company, 2002.
- Shaw, Maura. Pedro’s Journal. Shawangunk
Press: 1994. (Out of Print)
- Spizzirri, Linda, ed. An Educational Read and
Color Book of the Northeast Indians. Rapid City, SD: Spizzirri
Publishing Co., 1982. (Out of Print)
- Siegel, Beatrice. Indians of the Northeast
Woodlands. New York: Walker & Co., 1992.
- Shenandoah, Joanne and George, Douglas, M. Skywoman:
Legends of the Iroquois. Santa Fe, NM: Clear Light Publishers, 1998.
(Q)
- Tehanetorens. Tales of the Iroquois.
Rooseveltown, NY: Akwesasne Notes, 1976.
Internet Resources
Welker, Glen. American Indian Resource Directory. 13 July 2004. The purpose of Resource Directory is to provide general administrative Tribal contacts, unique cultural information and links to additional locations that provide information about American Indian tribes and their resources. Two legends at this site are:
Stone E Productions. 11 November 2004. "Chipmunk and Bear Legend." http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/lore56.html A collection of Native American legends.
"Sky Woman, Mohawk Creation Story. 10 July 2011. Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center. http://www.pequotmuseum.org/ExhibitGalleries/ArrivalofthePeople/SkyWoman.htm Tells the Native American legend of Sky Woman.
Native American Lore Index Page. StoneE Productions. 13 July 2004. www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/loreindx.html Links to stories of Native American lore. Iroquois Nation. 13 July 2004. www.crystalinks.com/iroquois.html A wealth of factual information, artifacts, pictures and legends.
A Mohawk Iroquois Village: An Exhibit at the New York State Museum. 13 July 2004 www.nysm.nysed.gov/IroquoisVillage/ The site includes an area on an Iroquois Village, The Three Sisters, Iroquois Longhouse, Building a Longhouse Model, a Mohawk Iroquois Village circa 1600, some Iroquois artifacts, and eyewitness accounts.
Elementary Test Prep Center. Oswego School District. 13 July 2004. http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ss4.cfm The school district has posted lessons, practice, interactive games, Constructed Response Questions, teacher resources, and literature connections devised by its teaching staff.
Hall of Explorers. Virtualology. 13 July 2004. www.virtualology.com/virtualmuseumofhistory/hallofexplorers/ Contains pictures and a biography of most world explorers.
A Mohawk Iroquois Village. New York State Museum. 3 October 2010. http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/IroquoisVillage/constructiontwo.html This is a lengthy article about longhouses: how they are built, their structure, and purpose.
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