Social Studies Standards to use in Fourth Grade classes to help them meet student performance skills

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Culture Standards
4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.1.3 | 4.1.4 | 4.1.5 | 4.1.6

Native American Groups - Identify pre-Colonial Native American groups (i.e., Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Aztec, Mayans, Olmec, and Mississippi Mound Builders).
4.1.1
USP1

17th Century - Identify cultural groups who inhabited North America in the 17th century (i.e., Puritans, Quakers, Spanish, and French).
4.1.2
USP1, 2

Resolve Conflict - Determine how various groups resolve conflict (i.e., school, tribal councils, and courts).
4.1.3
GC

Effect of Contact - Examine how Native American culture changed as a result of contact with European cultures (i.e., decreased population, spread of disease, increased conflict, loss of territory, and increase of trade.)
4.1.4
USP1

Racial and Ethnic Groups - Identify various racial and ethnic groups in Tennessee at the founding of statehood (i.e., Cherokee, Creek, Shawnee, English, Scottish, French, and American born pioneers).
4.1.5
USP1

American-Spanish Mission - Read and interpret facts from a historical passage about an early American-Spanish mission.
4.1.6
USP1

Economics Standards
4.2.1 | 4.2.2 | 4.2.3 | 4.2.4 | 4.2.5

Supply and Demand - Recognize the concept of supply and demand
4.2.1
E

Tennessee Agriculture - Interpret a chart of major agricultural produce in Tennessee (i.e., cotton, tobacco, soy beans, rice, corn, cattle, wheat, swine, and sheep).
4.2.2
E

Colonial America - Identify major industries of colonial America using a map of the original thirteen colonies.
4.2.3
E

Barter of Money - Recognize the difference between a barter system and a money system.
4.2.4
E

European Impact - Analyze the impact of European exploration and colonization on the economy of Tennessee.
4.2.5
E

Geography Standards
4.3.1 | 4.3.2 | 4.3.3 | 4.3.4 | 4.3.5 | 4.3.6 | 4.3.7 | 4.3.8

Explorers - Identify on a map the routes of Americas’ explorers (i.e., Columbus, Balboa, Pizarro, and Desoto).
4.3.1
G

Geographical Features - Identify and use key geographical features on maps (i.e., mountains, rivers, plains, valleys, and forests).
4.3.2
G

River Settlement - Recognize the reasons settlements are founded on major river systems. (i.e., transportation, manmade boundaries, and food and water sources).
4.3.3
G

River Systems - Recognize river systems that impacted early American history (i.e., Mississippi, Mystic, Charles, and Hudson).
4.3.4
G

Physical Processes - Determine how physical processes shape the United States' features and patterns (i.e., erosion, volcanoes, plate tectonics, and flooding).
4.3.5
G

latitude and longitude - Use latitude and longitude to identify major North American cities on a map (i.e., Boston, Mexico City, Toronto, Charleston, Savannah, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Sante Fe, and Los Angeles).
4.3.6
G

Population Growth - Determine how density, distribution, and growth rate affected United States settlement patterns.
4.3.7
G

Environment - Identify cause and effect relationships between population distribution and environmental issues (i.e., water supply, air quality, and solid waste).
4.3.8
G

Governance and Civics Standards
4.4.1 | 4.4.2 | 4.4.3 | 4.4.4

Branches of Government - Identify the 3 branches of federal and state governments.
4.4.1
GC

Bill of Rights - Identify the rights outlined by the Bill of Rights (i.e., Amendments 1, 5, 6, and 8).
4.4.2
GC

Mayflower Compact - Examine how the Mayflower Compact is a symbol of the first United States government.
4.4.3
GC

Checks and Balances - Using a chart showing checks and balances, explain how one branch of government can limit the power of others.
4.4.4
GC

History Standards
4.5.1 | 4.5.2 | 4.5.3 | 4.5.4 | 4.5.5 | 4.5.6 | 4.5.7 | 4.5.8 | 4.5.9 | 4.5.10 | 4.5.11 | 4.5.12 | 4.5.13

Native Americans - Identify Native American groups in Tennessee before European explorations (i.e., Cherokee, Creek, and Chickasaw).
4.5.1
USP1

Tennessee Political Leaders - Identify major Tennessee political leaders (i.e., Andrew Jackson, Sam Houston, James Polk, Sequoyah, David Crockett, and Nancy Ward).
4.5.2
USP1, 2

Timeline - Interpret a timeline that depicts major historical pre-Civil War events.
4.5.3
USP2

Early Hardships - Determine the hardships faced by early Tennessee settlers in the late 1700's (i.e., security, isolated communities, lack of access to goods, and natural geography).
4.5.4
USP1

Reason for Settlement - Determine the reasons for colonial settlement (i.e., religious, economic, and individual freedom).
4.5.5
USP1

American Revolution - Examine the events that contributed to the outbreak of the American Revolution (i.e., taxation, judicial process, lack of representations, and quartering of troops).
4.5.6
GC

Constitution - Determine why the United States Constitution was necessary (i.e., no single currency, no judicial branch, no enforcement of laws, and small and large states having unequal representation).
4.5.7
USP2

Slave and Indentured - Interpret a timeline that depicts slave and indentured servants coming from Europe to life in North America.
4.5.8
USP1

Lewis and Clark - Determine the influence Lewis and Clark's expedition had on westward expansion.
4.5.9
USP2

John Sevier - Recognize the accomplishments John Sevier contributed to Tennessee history (i.e., State of Franklin's one and only governor, Tennessee’s first governor, United States Congressman, and soldier).
4.5.10
USP1

American Revolution - Interpret a visual contrasting life before and after the American Revolution (i.e., education, family size, transportation, and politics).
4.5.11
USP1

Trail of Tears - Read and interpret a passage about the Trail of Tears.
4.5.12
USP2

Louisiana Purchase - Analyze how the Louisiana Purchase influenced the growth of the United States (i.e., increased size, encouraged expansion, and increased natural resources).
4.5.13
USP2

Individuals Groups and Interactions Standards
4.6.1 | 4.6.2 | 4.6.3

Cooperation - Recognize how groups work cooperatively to accomplish goals and encourage change (i.e., American Revolution, founding of Tennessee, the failure of the Articles of Confederation, and colonies).
4.6.1
GC

Slavery - Determine how the issue of slavery caused political and economic tensions between government policy and people's beliefs (i.e., abolitionists, plantation owners, state's rights, and central government).
4.6.2
USP2

Contrasting Views - Read and interpret a passage about a political or economic issue which individuals may respond to with contrasting views (i.e., state taxes, federal taxes, slavery, and Bill of Rights).
4.6.3
E

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