FOURTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM
1st Quarter
| Content | Time Frame (weeks) | Activity | Assessment Instrument |
| Geography Picture Dictionary | 1ST | Worksheets - Textbook | Worksheets |
| Share Drawings and Dictionary | 2ND | Worksheets - Textbook | Worksheets |
| Five Themes of Geography | 3RD | Worksheets - Textbook | Quiz |
| Map Skills | 4TH | Folder Worksheets | Folder |
| Map Skills | 5TH | Directions, Grid, Scale | Vocabulary Quiz |
| Map Skills | 6TH | Map Making, Symbols, Types Maps | Vocabulary Quiz |
| Map Skills | 7TH | Latitude and Longatude | Vocabulary Quiz |
| Review Vocabulary Five Themes | 8TH | Oral Questions and Answers | |
| Review Map Skills | 9TH | Bingo Game |
2nd Quarter
| Content | Time Frame (weeks) | Activity | Assessment Instrument |
| Introduction to U.S. Geography | 1ST | Text Reading | Discussion |
| Trip Across America Project | 2ND | Plan a trip across America | Project |
| Trip Across America Project | 3RD | Plan a trip across America | Project |
| Regions of United States | 4TH | Text Map Work Folder | Check Maps Folder |
| Regions of United States | 5TH | Text Map Work Folder | Check Maps Folder |
| Regions of United States | 6TH | Text Map Work Folder | Check Maps Folder |
| Regions of United States | 7TH | Text Map Work Folder | Check Maps Folder |
| Regions of United States | 8TH | Text Map Work Folder | Check Maps Folder |
| Review U.S. Geography Skills | 9TH | Text Map Work Folder | Check Maps Folder |
3rd Quarter
|
Content |
Time Frame (weeks) |
Activity |
Assessment Instrument |
|
Introduction to Kentucky |
1ST |
Video Kentucky Project |
Folder Quiz |
|
Ky. Physical Environment |
2ND |
Student Folder |
Project Kentucky |
|
First Kentuckians |
3RD |
Map Work |
Project Kentucky |
|
Frontier Times |
4TH |
Discussion |
Project Kentucky |
|
Statehood |
5TH |
Discussion |
Project Kentucky |
|
Kentucky Civil War |
6TH |
Discussion |
Project Kentucky |
|
20th Century Kentucky |
7TH |
Discussion |
Project Kentucky |
|
Govenor of Kentucky |
8TH |
Discussion |
Project Kentucky |
|
State Project |
9TH |
How to do the project |
4th Quarter
| Content | Time Frame (weeks) | Activity | Assessment Instrument |
| State Project | 1ST | Computer Work | Check steps along the way |
| State Project | 2ND | Classroom Work | Check steps along the way |
| Share State Projects | 3RD | Classroom Work | Present |
| Map Skills (State) | 4TH | Video/CD | State Capitals |
| States and Capitals | 5TH | Text Book | Game |
| States and Capitals | 6TH | Text Book | Quiz |
| Review U. S. Geography | 7TH | Discussion | Discussion |
| Regions, Locations, Resoures | 8TH | Vocabulary worksheets | Check Work |
| People, Climate, Vocabulary | 9TH | Puzzles | Check Work |