Florida

SS.4.A American History

• SS.4.A.1 Historical Inquiry and Analysis

  • SS.4.A.1.1 Analyze primary and secondary resources to identify significant individuals and events throughout Florida history.

    • Jamestown: the early years (4-A.1)
    • Jamestown: growth of a colony (4-A.2)
    • Plymouth (4-A.3)
    • New England colonies: religion and government (4-A.4)
    • New England colonies: economy and conflict (4-A.5)
    • Southern colonies: founding and government (4-A.8)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (4-A.9)
    • The Louisiana Purchase (4-C.1)
    • The Lewis and Clark Expedition (4-C.2)
    • The War of 1812: causes (4-C.3)
    • The War of 1812: events and effects (4-C.4)
    • Reconstruction (4-D.5)
    • World War I: the road to war (4-E.1)
    • World War I: the war begins (4-E.2)
    • World War I: events of the war (4-E.3)
    • World War I: the road to peace (4-E.4)
    • World War II: global events (4-E.9)

  • SS.4.A.1.2 Synthesize information related to Florida history through print and electronic media.

    • Jamestown: the early years (4-A.1)
    • Jamestown: growth of a colony (4-A.2)
    • Plymouth (4-A.3)
    • New England colonies: religion and government (4-A.4)
    • New England colonies: economy and conflict (4-A.5)
    • Southern colonies: founding and government (4-A.8)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (4-A.9)
    • The Louisiana Purchase (4-C.1)
    • The Lewis and Clark Expedition (4-C.2)
    • The War of 1812: causes (4-C.3)
    • The War of 1812: events and effects (4-C.4)
    • Reconstruction (4-D.5)
    • World War I: the road to war (4-E.1)
    • World War I: the war begins (4-E.2)
    • World War I: events of the war (4-E.3)
    • World War I: the road to peace (4-E.4)
    • World War II: global events (4-E.9)

• SS.4.A.2 Pre-Columbian Florida

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• SS.4.A.3 Exploration and Settlement of Florida

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• SS.4.A.4 Growth of Florida

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• SS.4.A.5 Crisis of the Union: Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida

  • SS.4.A.5.1 Describe Florida's involvement (secession, blockades of ports, the battles of Ft. Pickens, Olustee, Ft. Brooke, Natural Bridge, food supply) in the Civil War.

    • Antebellum Period: economies of the North and South (4-C.5)
    • Antebellum Period: abolitionist and proslavery perspectives (4-C.6)
    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part I (4-C.7)
    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part II (4-C.8)
    • The Civil War: the beginning of the war (4-D.1)
    • The Civil War: the First Battle of Bull Run to Gettysburg (4-D.2)
    • The Civil War: war tactics and the home front (4-D.3)
    • The Civil War: the end of the war (4-D.4)

  • SS.4.A.5.2 Summarize challenges Floridians faced during Reconstruction.

    • Reconstruction (4-D.5)

• SS.4.A.6 Industrialization and Emergence of Modern Florida

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• SS.4.A.7 Roaring 20's, the Great Depression, and WWII in Florida

  • SS.4.A.7.1 Describe the causes and effects of the 1920's Florida land boom and bust.

  • SS.4.A.7.2 Summarize challenges Floridians faced during the Great Depression.

    • The Great Depression: part I (4-E.5)
    • The Great Depression: part II (4-E.6)
    • The New Deal (4-E.7)

  • SS.4.A.7.3 Identify Florida's role in World War II.

    • World War II: lead-up to war in Europe, Asia (4-E.8)
    • World War II: global events (4-E.9)

• SS.4.A.8 Contemporary Florida into the 21st Century

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• SS.4.A.9 Chronological Thinking

  • SS.4.A.9.1 Utilize timelines to sequence key events in Florida history.

    • Reading and creating timelines with BCE and CE (4-Q.2)

SS.4.C Civics and Government (2021)

• SS.4.CG.1 Foundations of Government, Law and the American Political System

  • SS.4.CG.1.1 Explain why the Florida government has a written Constitution.

    • The Constitution (4-K.4)
    • The Bill of Rights (4-K.5)
    • Checks and balances (4-K.6)

• SS.4.CG.2 Civic and Political Participation

  • SS.4.CG.2.1 Identify and describe how citizens work with local and state governments to solve problems.

    • Local government (4-K.1)
    • State government (4-K.2)

  • SS.4.CG.2.2 Explain the importance of voting, public service and volunteerism to the state and nation.

    • Presidential elections (4-K.7)

  • SS.4.CG.2.3 Identify individuals who represent the citizens of Florida at the state level.

• SS.4.CG.3 Structure and Functions of Government

  • SS.4.CG.3.1 Explain the structure and functions of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government in Florida.

    • Checks and balances (4-K.6)

  • SS.4.CG.3.2 Compare the structure, functions and processes of local and state government.

    • Local government (4-K.1)
    • State government (4-K.2)

SS.4.C Civics and Government (2008)

• SS.4.C.1 Foundations of Government, Law, and the American Political System

  • SS.4.C.1.1 Describe how Florida's constitution protects the rights of citizens and provides for the structure, function, and purposes of state government.

    • Purpose of government (3-E.1)
    • State government (4-K.2)
    • The Constitution (4-K.4)
    • The Bill of Rights (4-K.5)
    • Checks and balances (4-K.6)

• SS.4.C.2 Civic and Political Participation

  • SS.4.C.2.1 Discuss public issues in Florida that impact the daily lives of its citizens.

  • SS.4.C.2.2 Identify ways citizens work together to influence government and help solve community and state problems.

    • Local government (4-K.1)
    • State government (4-K.2)

  • SS.4.C.2.3 Explain the importance of public service, voting, and volunteerism.

    • Presidential elections (4-K.7)

• SS.4.C.3 Structure and Functions of Government

  • SS.4.C.3.1 Identify the three branches (Legislative, Judicial, Executive) of government in Florida and the powers of each.

    • Checks and balances (4-K.6)

  • SS.4.C.3.2 Distinguish between state (governor, state representative, or senator) and local government (mayor, city commissioner).

    • Local government (4-K.1)
    • State government (4-K.2)

SS.4.E Economics

• SS.4.E.1 Beginning Economics

  • SS.4.E.1.1 Identify entrepreneurs from various social and ethnic backgrounds who have influenced Florida and local economy.

    • John Deere (3-D.5)
    • Thomas Edison (3-D.11)
    • George Washington Carver (3-D.13)
    • Bill Gates (3-D.21)

  • SS.4.E.1.2 Explain Florida's role in the national and international economy and conditions that attract businesses to the state.

SS.4.FL Financial Literacy

• SS.4.FL.1 Earning Income

  • SS.4.FL.1.1 People have many different types of jobs from which to choose. Identify different jobs requiring people to have different skills.

    • Producers and consumers (3-H.4)

  • SS.4.FL.1.2 People earn an income when they are hired by an employer to work at a job. Explain why employers are willing to pay people to do their work.

  • SS.4.FL.1.3 Workers are paid for their labor in different ways such as wages, salaries, or commissions. Explain the ways in which workers are paid.

  • SS.4.FL.1.4 People can earn interest income from letting other people borrow their money. Explain why banks and financial institutions pay people interest when they deposit their money at those institutions.

    • Banks (4-O.1)

  • SS.4.FL.1.5 People can earn income by renting their property to other people. Identify different types of property (such as apartments, automobiles, or tools) that people own and on which rent is paid.

  • SS.4.FL.1.6 Describe ways that people who own a business can earn a profit, which is a source of income.

  • SS.4.FL.1.7 Entrepreneurs are people who start new businesses. Entrepreneurs do not know if their new businesses will be successful and earn a profit. Identify ways in which starting a business is risky for entrepreneurs.

  • SS.4.FL.1.8 Income earned from working and most other sources of income are taxed. Describe ways that the revenue from these taxes is used to pay for government provided goods and services.

    • Local government (4-K.1)

• SS.4.FL.2 Buying Goods and Services

  • SS.4.FL.2.1 Explain that economic wants are desires that can be satisfied by consuming a good, a service, or a leisure activity.

    • What is economics? (4-N.1)

  • SS.4.FL.2.2 Explain that people make choices about what goods and services they buy because they can't have everything they want. This requires individuals to prioritize their wants.

    • What is economics? (4-N.1)

  • SS.4.FL.2.3 Identify some of the ways that people spend a portion of their income on goods and services in order to increase their personal satisfaction or happiness.

  • SS.4.FL.2.4 Discuss that whenever people buy something, they incur an opportunity cost. Opportunity cost is the value of the next best alternative that is given up when a person makes a choice.

    • Opportunity cost (4-N.3)

  • SS.4.FL.2.5 Explain that costs are things that a decision maker gives up; benefits are things that a decision maker gains. Make an informed decision by comparing the costs and benefits of spending alternatives.

    • Costs and benefits (4-N.2)

  • SS.4.FL.2.6 Predict how people's spending choices are influenced by prices as well as many other factors, including advertising, the spending choices of others, and peer pressure.

    • Understand quantity supplied and quantity demanded (4-P.1)
    • Understand overall supply and demand (4-P.2)
    • Create and use supply and demand curves (4-P.3)
    • Identify shortage and surplus (4-P.4)
    • Identify shortage and surplus with graphs (4-P.5)
    • Identify shortage and surplus with data (4-P.6)

  • SS.4.FL.2.7 Planning for spending can help people make informed choices. Develop a budget plan for spending, saving, and managing income.

• SS.4.FL.3 Saving

  • SS.4.FL.3.1 Identify ways that income is saved, spent on goods and services, or used to pay taxes.

  • SS.4.FL.3.2 Explain that when people save money, they give up the opportunity to buy things now in order to buy things later.

    • Opportunity cost (4-N.3)

  • SS.4.FL.3.3 Identify ways that people can choose to save money in many places?for example, at home in a piggy bank or at a commercial bank, credit union, or savings and loan.

    • Banks (4-O.1)

  • SS.4.FL.3.4 Identify savings goals people set as incentives to save. One savings goal might be to buy goods and services in the future.

  • SS.4.FL.3.5 Explain that when people deposit money into a bank (or other financial institution), the bank may pay them interest. Banks attract savings by paying interest. People also deposit money into banks because banks are safe places to keep their savings.

    • Banks (4-O.1)

• SS.4.FL.4 Using Credit

  • SS.4.FL.4.1 Discuss that interest is the price the borrower pays for using someone else's money.

    • Banks (4-O.1)

  • SS.4.FL.4.2 Identify instances when people use credit, that they receive something of value now and agree to repay the lender over time, or at some date in the future, with interest.

    • Banks (4-O.1)

• SS.4.FL.5 Financial Investing

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• SS.4.FL.6 Protecting and Insuring

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SS.4.G Geography

• SS.4.G.1 The World in Spatial Terms

  • SS.4.G.1.1 Identify physical features of Florida.

    • Identify Earth's land features using photographs (4-G.1)
    • Identify Earth's land features using satellite images (4-G.2)

  • SS.4.G.1.2 Locate and label cultural features on a Florida map.

  • SS.4.G.1.3 Explain how weather impacts Florida.

  • SS.4.G.1.4 Interpret political and physical maps using map elements (title, compass rose, cardinal directions, intermediate directions, symbols, legend, scale, longitude, latitude).

    • Read a map: cardinal directions (4-F.1)
    • Use lines of latitude and longitude (4-F.3)