Arizona History and Social Science Standards: Grade 4
Skills available for Arizona fourth-grade social studies standards
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4.SP
Disciplinary Skills and Processes
Chronological reasoning requires understanding processes of change and continuity over time, which means assessing similarities and differences between historical periods and between the past and present.
4.SP1.1 Create and use a chronological sequence of related events to compare developments that happened at the same time.
4.SP1.1 Create and use a chronological sequence of related events to compare developments that happened at the same time.
4.SP1.2 Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.
4.SP1.2 Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.
4.SP1.3 Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped significant historical events.
4.SP1.3 Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped significant historical events.
Thinking within the discipline involves the ability to identify, compare, and evaluate multiple perspectives about a given event to draw conclusions about that event since there are multiple points of view about events and issues.
4.SP2.1 Explain why individuals and groups during the same historical period differed in their perspectives on issues and events.
4.SP2.1 Explain why individuals and groups during the same historical period differed in their perspectives on issues and events.
4.SP2.2 Explain connections among historical contexts and people's perspectives at the time.
4.SP2.2 Explain connections among historical contexts and people's perspectives at the time.
Historians and Social Scientists gather, interpret, and use evidence to develop claims and answer historical, economic, geographical, and political questions and communicate their conclusions.
4.SP3.1 Develop questions about events and developments in the Americas.
4.SP3.1 Develop questions about events and developments in the Americas.
4.SP3.2 Compare information provided by various sources about events and developments in the Americas.
The New England colonies
The Middle colonies
The Southern colonies
4.SP3.2 Compare information provided by various sources about events and developments in the Americas.
The New England colonies
The Middle colonies
The Southern colonies
4.SP3.3 Generate questions about multiple sources and their relationships to events and developments in the Americas.
4.SP3.3 Generate questions about multiple sources and their relationships to events and developments in the Americas.
4.SP3.4 Use information about a source including the author, date, place of origin, intended audience, and purpose to evaluate the extent to which the source is useful for studying a topic.
4.SP3.4 Use information about a source including the author, date, place of origin, intended audience, and purpose to evaluate the extent to which the source is useful for studying a topic.
4.SP3.5 Construct and present arguments and explanations using reasoning, examples, and details with relevant information and data from multiple sources.
Identify facts
4.SP3.5 Construct and present arguments and explanations using reasoning, examples, and details with relevant information and data from multiple sources.
Identify facts
4.SP3.6 Present summaries of arguments and explanations using print, oral, and digital technologies.
4.SP3.6 Present summaries of arguments and explanations using print, oral, and digital technologies.
Thinking within the discipline involves the ability to analyze relationships among causes and effects and to create and support arguments using relevant evidence.
4.SP4.1 Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments.
4.SP4.1 Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments.
4.SP4.2 Summarize the central claim in a secondary work of history.
4.SP4.2 Summarize the central claim in a secondary work of history.
4.SP4.3 Use evidence from multiple sources to develop and communicate claims about the causes and effects of events.
4.SP4.3 Use evidence from multiple sources to develop and communicate claims about the causes and effects of events.
4.C
Civics
Civic virtues and democratic principles are key components of the American political system.
4.C1.1 Analyze civic virtues and democratic principles or lack thereof within a variety of government structures, societies, and/or communities within the Americas.
Basic democratic principles
Colonial government structures
Present-day government structure
4.C1.1 Analyze civic virtues and democratic principles or lack thereof within a variety of government structures, societies, and/or communities within the Americas.
Basic democratic principles
Colonial government structures
Present-day government structure
Citizens have individual rights, roles, and responsibilities.
4.C2.1 Use primary and secondary sources to generate questions about the concepts and ideas such as liberty, justice, equality, and individual rights.
4.C2.1 Use primary and secondary sources to generate questions about the concepts and ideas such as liberty, justice, equality, and individual rights.
4.E
Economics
By applying economic reasoning, individuals seek to understand the decisions of people, groups, and societies.
4.E2.1 Examine concepts of scarcity, choice, opportunity cost, and risk.
Basic economic principles
Supply and demand
Shortage and surplus
4.E2.1 Examine concepts of scarcity, choice, opportunity cost, and risk.
Basic economic principles
Supply and demand
Shortage and surplus
Individuals and institutions are interdependent within market systems.
4.E3.1 Compare different industries, occupations, and resources as well as different forms of income earned or received that have shaped the Americas.
4.E3.1 Compare different industries, occupations, and resources as well as different forms of income earned or received that have shaped the Americas.
4.G
Geography
The use of geographic representations and tools help individuals understand their world.
4.G1.1 Use and construct maps and graphs to represent changes in the Americas over time.
Map-reading skills
The Thirteen Colonies
4.G1.1 Use and construct maps and graphs to represent changes in the Americas over time.
Map-reading skills
The Thirteen Colonies
Human-environment interactions are essential aspects of human life in all societies.
4.G2.1 Compare the diverse ways people or groups of people have impacted, modified, or adapted to the environment of the Americas.
4.G2.1 Compare the diverse ways people or groups of people have impacted, modified, or adapted to the environment of the Americas.
Examining human population and movement helps individuals understand past, present, and future conditions on Earth's surface.
4.G3.1 Explain how the location and use of resources affects human settlement and movement.
The New England colonies
The Middle colonies
The Southern colonies
4.G3.1 Explain how the location and use of resources affects human settlement and movement.
The New England colonies
The Middle colonies
The Southern colonies
Global interconnections and spatial patterns are a necessary part of geographic reasoning.
4.G4.1 Explain the positive and negative effects of increasing economic interdependence on distinct groups, countries, and new settlements.
4.G4.1 Explain the positive and negative effects of increasing economic interdependence on distinct groups, countries, and new settlements.
4.H
History
The development of civilizations, societies, cultures, and innovations have influenced history and continue to impact the modern world.
4.H1.1 Utilizing a variety of multi-genre primary and secondary sources, construct historical narratives about cultures, civilizations, and innovations in the Americas.
4.H1.1 Utilizing a variety of multi-genre primary and secondary sources, construct historical narratives about cultures, civilizations, and innovations in the Americas.
Cycles of conflict and cooperation have shaped relations among people, places, and environments.
4.H2.1 Describe the cycles of conflict and compromise that occurred in the Americas during the convergence of Europeans, American Indians, and Africans in the Americas before and after European exploration.
4.H2.1 Describe the cycles of conflict and compromise that occurred in the Americas during the convergence of Europeans, American Indians, and Africans in the Americas before and after European exploration.
4.H2.2 Analyze the different approaches used by the Spanish, Portuguese, British, and the French in their interactions with American Indians.
4.H2.2 Analyze the different approaches used by the Spanish, Portuguese, British, and the French in their interactions with American Indians.
Economic, political, and religious ideas and institutions have influenced history and continue to shape the modern world.
4.H3.1 Examine how economic, political, and religious ideas and institutions have influenced the development of individual rights, freedoms, and responsibilities in the Americas.
The New England colonies
The Middle colonies
The Southern colonies
4.H3.1 Examine how economic, political, and religious ideas and institutions have influenced the development of individual rights, freedoms, and responsibilities in the Americas.
The New England colonies
The Middle colonies
The Southern colonies