Last updated: 2/12/2024

4th Grade Social Studies

September - October

Geography & Government of NYS

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SS.4.1

GEOGRAPHY OF NEW YORK STATE: New York State has a diverse geography. Various maps can be used to represent and examine the geography of New York State.

-What landforms make up NYS?

-What are some major waterways in NYS and why are they important?

Read and locate features on:

-Physical map

-Political map

-Geography

-Physical map

-Political map

-Landforms (mountains, rivers, lakes, plateaus)

-latitude

-longitude

-Identify and map NYS and local major physical features (mountains, plateaus, rivers, lakes, large bodies of water (Atlantic Ocean, LI Sound).

-Identify and map Albany, major cities, local area

-Map reading and labeling (direction, legend, latitude, longitude, key, scale).

-Map including physical features and political elements (state-wide, local)

-Class discussion

-Vocabulary assessment

October-November

Native American Groups And The Environment of New York State

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SS.4.2

NATIVE AMERICAN GROUPS AND THE ENVIRONMENT: Native American groups, chiefly the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) and Algonquian-speaking groups, inhabited the region that became New York. Native American Indians interacted with the environment and developed unique cultures.

Who were the Native American groups that lived in New York?

How did their cultures influence the history of their area?

How were the beliefs, customs and traditions different in each tribe?

Where do we still see the contributions of Native Americans today?

-Algonquins, Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Roles of climate, animals, environment and natural resources

-Geographical features

-Government

-Customs, beliefs, traditions

-Contributions today.

-Native Americans

-Iroquois (Haudenosaunee)

-Algonquians

-Longhouse

-Needs and Wants

-Customs

-Beliefs

-Values

-Contribution

-League of Five Nations

-Identify the two major groups of Native Americans that lived in what is now New York State

-Examine different Native American groups and their beliefs, customs and traditions (Compare & Contrast)

-Describe how the League of the Five Nations was formed and its influence

-Identify contributions that are used in today’s society from the Native Americans.

-Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer

-Longhouse S.T.E.M project-Create Your Own

-Class Discussions

-Vocabulary Assessment

-Unit Assessment

December - January

Colonial & Revolutionary period of NY

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SS.4.3

COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD IN NEW YORK: European exploration led to the colonization of the region that became New York State. Beginning in the early 1600s, colonial New York was home to people from many different countries. Colonial New York was important during the Revolutionary Period.

-Why did European explorers come to NY?

-How did colonists organize themselves in NY?

-What was daily life like for colonists?

-What led to the American Revolution and what was NY’s role?

-Reasons for exploration

-Routes of Verrazano, Hudson, Champlain

-Fur trade

-Colonial life

-French & Indian war

-American Revolution - political rights, location and British occupation, Native American and African American involvement, Battles of Long Island and Saratoga.

-Colony

-trade

-alliance

-revolution

-loyalist

-patriot

-Map reading/ analyzing voyages.

-Map reading/ analyzing battles

-Geographic reasoning pertaining to trades and settlements.

-Compare/ contrast explorers

-Compare/ contrast British and Colonist perspectives

-Vocabulary assessment

-Class discussion

-Voyage map

-Revolution timeline/ map

February-March

In Search of Freedom And A Call For Change

(1)	SS.4.4	GOVERNMENT: There are different levels of government within the United States and New York State. The purpose of government is to protect the rights of citizens and to promote the common good. The government of New York State establishes rights, freedoms, and responsibilities for its citizens.
(1)	SS.4.5	IN SEARCH OF FREEDOM AND A CALL FOR CHANGE: Different groups of people did not have equal rights and freedoms. People worked to bring about change. The struggle for rights and freedoms was one factor in the division of the United States that resulted in the Civil War.

Who is a part of the basic structure of the federal government?

What are the different branches of government?

How is the government organized in NYS?

What rights and freedoms are guaranteed to citizens in NYS?

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What was the Women’s Rights Movement?

Why did the Civil War begin?

What was New York’s role in the CIvil War?

-Reasons for exploration

-Routes of Verrazano, Hudson, Champlain

-Fur trade

-Colonial life

-French & Indian war

-American Revolution - political rights, location and British occupation, Native American and African American involvement, Battles of Long Island and Saratoga.

-Colony

-trade

-alliance

-revolution

-loyalist

-patriot

-Map reading/ analyzing voyages.

-Map reading/ analyzing battles

-Geographic reasoning pertaining to trades and settlements.

-Compare/ contrast explorers

-Compare/ contrast British and Colonist perspectives

-Vocabulary assessment

-Class discussion

-Voyage map

-Revolution timeline/ map

March - April

Westward Movement & Industrialization

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SS.4.6

WESTWARD MOVEMENT AND INDUSTRIALIZATION: New York State played an important role in the growth of the United States. During the 1800s, people traveled west looking for opportunities. Economic activities in New York State are varied and have changed over time with improvements in transportation and technology.

-How do people, laws, and new technology shape a new nation?

-Erie Canal

-Transportation (steamboats, railroads, canals)

-Economic power

-Growth

-Expansion

-Canal

-farming

-mining

-lumbering

-finance

-manufacturing

-Determine reasons & methods for moving westward

-Map reading & labeling

-Identify relationships between geographic factors, industrialization and expansion

-Fact vs opinion

-Track economic changes over time

-Vocabulary

-Class discussion

May - June

Immigration & migration from the 1800s

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SS.4.7

IMMIGRATION AND MIGRATION FROM THE EARLY 1800S TO THE PRESENT: Many people have immigrated and migrated to New York State contributing to its cultural growth and development.

-How do the experiences of immigrants in various periods of NY history compare to those of immigrants today?

-Ellis Island & Statue of Liberty

-factory conditions

-citizenship requirements

-local immigrant group connections

-immigration

-immigrant

-migration

-citizenship

-labor

-union

-sweatshop

-mock citizenship test

-vocabulary assessment

-class discussions

-immigration project