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SS4H Historical Understandings

• SS4H1 Explain the causes, events, and results of the American Revolution.

  • SS4H1.a Trace the events that shaped the revolutionary movement in America: French and Indian War, 1765 Stamp Act, the slogan "no taxation without representation," the activities of the Sons of Liberty, the activities of the Daughters of Liberty, Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party.

    • The American Revolution: the Thirteen Colonies under British rule (4-B.1)
    • The American Revolution: New British taxes (4-B.2)
    • The American Revolution: the Boston Tea Party (4-B.3)

  • SS4H1.b Describe the influence of key individuals and groups during the American Revolution: King George III, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Benedict Arnold, Patrick Henry, John Adams, Paul Revere, and Black regiments.

    • Benjamin Franklin (3-D.1)
    • Paul Revere (3-D.2)
    • Thomas Jefferson (3-D.3)
    • The American Revolution: the Boston Tea Party (4-B.3)
    • The American Revolution: the rebellion begins (4-B.4)
    • The American Revolution: preparing for war (4-B.5)
    • The American Revolution: struggle for independence (4-B.6)
    • The American Revolution: turning the tide of the war (4-B.7)
    • The American Revolution: conclusion and aftermath (4-B.8)

  • SS4H1.c Describe the major events of the American Revolution and explain the factors leading to American victory and British defeat; include the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Saratoga, and Yorktown.

    • The American Revolution: the rebellion begins (4-B.4)
    • The American Revolution: struggle for independence (4-B.6)
    • The American Revolution: turning the tide of the war (4-B.7)
    • The American Revolution: conclusion and aftermath (4-B.8)

  • SS4H1.d Explain the writing of the Declaration of Independence; include who wrote it, how it was written, why it was necessary, and how it was a response to tyranny and the abuse of power.

    • The American Revolution: struggle for independence (4-B.6)

• SS4H2 Analyze the challenges faced by the framers of the Constitution.

  • SS4H2.a Identify the major leaders of the Constitutional Convention (James Madison, George Washington, and Benjamin Franklin).

  • SS4H2.b Evaluate the major issues debated at the Constitutional Convention: the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, the rights of states to govern themselves (federal system), the Great Compromise, and slavery (Three-Fifths Compromise).

    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part I (4-C.7)
    • The Constitution (4-K.4)

• SS4H3 Explain westward expansion in America.

  • SS4H3.a Describe the causes and events of the War of 1812; include the burning of the Capitol and the White House and the writing of "The Star Spangled Banner."

    • The War of 1812: causes (4-C.3)
    • The War of 1812: events and effects (4-C.4)

  • SS4H3.b Describe the impact of westward expansion on American Indians; include the Trail of Tears, Battle of Little Bighorn and the forced relocation of American Indians to reservations.

  • SS4H3.c Describe territorial expansion with emphasis on the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the acquisitions of Texas (the Alamo and independence), Oregon (Oregon Trail), and California (Gold Rush and the development of mining towns).

    • The Louisiana Purchase (4-C.1)
    • The Lewis and Clark Expedition (4-C.2)

• SS4H4 Examine the main ideas of the abolitionist and suffrage movements.

  • SS4H4.a Discuss contributions of and challenges faced by Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman.

    • Frederick Douglass (3-D.7)
    • Susan B. Anthony (3-D.8)
    • Harriet Tubman (3-D.9)
    • Antebellum Period: abolitionist and proslavery perspectives (4-C.6)

• SS4H5 Explain the causes, major events, and consequences of the Civil War.

  • SS4H5.a Identify Uncle Tom's Cabin and John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry and explain how each of these events was related to the Civil War.

    • Antebellum Period: abolitionist and proslavery perspectives (4-C.6)
    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part II (4-C.8)

  • SS4H5.b Discuss how the issues of states' rights and slavery increased tensions between the North and South.

    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part I (4-C.7)
    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part II (4-C.8)

  • SS4H5.c Identify major battles, campaigns, and events: Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, the Atlanta Campaign, Sherman's March to the Sea, and Appomattox Court House.

    • 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: the end of the war (4-D.4)

  • SS4H5.d Describe the roles of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, and William T. Sherman.

    • 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: the end of the war (4-D.4)

  • SS4H5.e Describe the effects of war on the North and South.

    • Reconstruction (4-D.5)

• SS4H6 Analyze the effects of Reconstruction on American life.

  • SS4H6.a Describe the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.

    • Reconstruction (4-D.5)

  • SS4H6.b Explain the work of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Freedmen's Bureau).

    • Reconstruction (4-D.5)

  • SS4H6.c Explain how slavery was replaced by sharecropping and how freed African Americans or Blacks were prevented from exercising their newly won rights.

    • Reconstruction (4-D.5)

  • SS4H6.d Describe the effects of Jim Crow laws and practices.

SS4G Geographic Understandings

• SS4G1 Locate important physical and man-made features in the United States.

  • SS4G1.a Locate major physical features of the United States: the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the Great Plains, the Continental Divide, the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi River, and the Great Lakes.

  • SS4G1.b Locate major man-made features of the United States: New York City, NY; Boston, MA; Philadelphia, PA; Washington, D.C.; Gettysburg, PA; and the Erie Canal.

    • Cities of the West (4-J.1)
    • Cities of the Midwest (4-J.2)
    • Cities of the Southeast (4-J.3)
    • Cities of the Northeast (4-J.4)
    • Major U.S. cities (4-J.5)
    • Identify American landmarks and monuments: part I (4-L.2)
    • Identify American landmarks and monuments: part II (4-L.3)
    • The White House (4-L.5)
    • The Washington Monument (4-L.6)
    • The Lincoln Memorial (4-L.7)
    • The Statue of Liberty (4-L.8)
    • The Empire State Building (4-L.9)
    • The Golden Gate Bridge (4-L.10)
    • Mount Rushmore (4-L.11)

• SS4G2 Describe how physical systems affect human systems.

  • SS4G2.a Explain how each force (American and British) attempted to use the physical geography of each battle site (Lexington and Concord, Saratoga, and Yorktown) to its benefit.

    • The American Revolution: the rebellion begins (4-B.4)
    • The American Revolution: turning the tide of the war (4-B.7)
    • The American Revolution: conclusion and aftermath (4-B.8)

  • SS4G2.b Describe physical barriers that hindered and physical gateways that benefited territorial expansion from 1801 to 1861.

    • The Louisiana Purchase (4-C.1)
    • The Lewis and Clark Expedition (4-C.2)

SS4CG Government/Civic Understandings

• SS4CG1 Describe the meaning of:

  • SS4CG1.a Natural rights as found in the Declaration of Independence (the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness)

  • SS4CG1.b We the People from the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution as a reflection of consent of the governed or popular sovereignty

  • SS4CG1.c The federal system of government in the U.S. (federal powers, state powers, and shared powers)

    • The Constitution (4-K.4)

  • SS4CG1.d Representative democracy/republic

    • The Constitution (4-K.4)

• SS4CG2 Explain the importance of freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

• SS4CG3 Describe the structure of government and the Bill of Rights.

  • SS4CG3.a Describe how the three branches of government interact with each other (checks and balances and separation of powers), and how they relate to local, state, and federal government.

    • The Constitution (4-K.4)
    • Checks and balances (4-K.6)

  • SS4CG3.b Identify and explain the rights in the Bill of Rights, describe how the Bill of Rights places limits on the powers of government, and explain the reasons for its inclusion in the Constitution in 1791.

    • The Bill of Rights (4-K.5)

SS4E Economic Understandings

• SS4E1 Use the basic economic concepts of trade, opportunity cost, specialization, voluntary exchange, productivity, and price incentives to illustrate historical events.

  • SS4E1.a Describe opportunity cost and its relationship to decision-making across time (e.g., decisions to settle in the west).

    • Opportunity cost (4-N.3)

  • SS4E1.b Explain how price incentives affect people's behavior and choices: decisions about what crops (e.g., cotton, and tobacco) to grow and products (e.g., textiles) to produce.

    • What is economics? (4-N.1)

  • SS4E1.c Describe how specialization improves standards of living (e.g., differences in the economies in the North and South).

  • SS4E1.d Explain how voluntary exchange helps both buyers and sellers (e.g., Gold Rush mining towns).

  • SS4E1.e Describe how trade promotes economic activity (e.g., trade between the U.S. and Europe).

  • SS4E1.f Give examples of technological advancements and their impact on business productivity during the development of the United States (e.g., cotton gin, steamboat, steam locomotive, and telegraph).

    • Antebellum Period: economies of the North and South (4-C.5)

• SS4E2 Identify the elements of a personal budget (income, expenditures, and saving) and explain why personal spending and saving decisions are important.

Map and Globe Skills

• SS4MG The student will use maps to retrieve social studies information.

  • SS4MG.5 use graphic scales to determine distances on a map

  • SS4MG.6 use map key/legend to acquire information from historical, physical, political, resource, product, and economic maps

    • Jamestown: growth of a colony (4-A.2)
    • The American Revolution: the rebellion begins (4-B.4)
    • The Lewis and Clark Expedition (4-C.2)
    • The War of 1812: events and effects (4-C.4)
    • The Civil War: the beginning of the war (4-D.1)

  • SS4MG.7 use a map to explain impact of geography on historical and current events

    • 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)
    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part II (4-C.8)

  • SS4MG.8 draw conclusions and make generalizations based on information from maps

    • New England colonies: economy and conflict (4-A.5)
    • The American Revolution: the rebellion begins (4-B.4)
    • The Louisiana Purchase (4-C.1)
    • The War of 1812: events and effects (4-C.4)
    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part II (4-C.8)

  • SS4MG.9 use latitude and longitude to determine location

    • Use lines of latitude and longitude (4-F.3)

  • SS4MG.10 compare maps of the same place at different points in time and from different perspectives to determine changes, identify trends, and generalize about human activities

    • The Louisiana Purchase (4-C.1)

  • SS4MG.11 compare maps with data sets (charts, tables, graphs) and /or readings to draw conclusions and make generalizations

Information Processing Skills

• SS4IP The student will be able to locate, analyze, and synthesize information related to social studies topics and apply this information to solve problems/make decisions.

  • SS4IP.3 identify issues and/or problems and alternative solutions

  • SS4IP.5 identify main idea, detail, sequence of events, and cause and effect in a social studies context

    • The American Revolution: the Thirteen Colonies under British rule (4-B.1)
    • The American Revolution: conclusion and aftermath (4-B.8)
    • The War of 1812: causes (4-C.3)
    • The War of 1812: events and effects (4-C.4)
    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part I (4-C.7)
    • The Civil War: the end of the war (4-D.4)

  • SS4IP.6 identify and use primary and secondary sources

    • The American Revolution: preparing for war (4-B.5)
    • The American Revolution: struggle for independence (4-B.6)
    • Antebellum Period: abolitionist and proslavery perspectives (4-C.6)
    • The Civil War: war tactics and the home front (4-D.3)

  • SS4IP.7 interpret timelines

    • Jamestown: the early years (4-A.1)
    • The American Revolution: the Thirteen Colonies under British rule (4-B.1)
    • Reading and creating timelines with BCE and CE (4-Q.2)

  • SS4IP.10 analyze artifacts

    • John Deere (3-D.5)

  • SS4IP.11 draw conclusions and make generalizations

  • SS4IP.12 analyze graphs and diagrams

    • Middle colonies: economy and society (4-A.7)
    • Southern colonies: founding and government (4-A.8)
    • Antebellum Period: economies of the North and South (4-C.5)
    • Checks and balances (4-K.6)
    • Create and use supply and demand curves (4-P.3)
    • Identify shortage and surplus with graphs (4-P.5)

  • SS4IP.13 translate dates into centuries, eras, or ages

  • SS4IP.14 formulate appropriate research questions

  • SS4IP.15 determine adequacy and/or relevancy of information

  • SS4IP.16 check for consistency of information

  • SS4IP.17 interpret political cartoons

    • Reconstruction (4-D.5)