Idaho

4.SS.1 History

• 4.SS.1.1 Build an understanding of the cultural and social development of the United States.

  • 4.SS.1.1.1 Identify characteristics of different cultural groups in Idaho.

  • 4.SS.1.1.2 Describe ways that cultural groups have influenced and impacted each other.

    • Jamestown: the early years (4-A.1)
    • Jamestown: growth of a colony (4-A.2)
    • Plymouth (4-A.3)
    • New England colonies: economy and conflict (4-A.5)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (4-A.9)
    • Antebellum Period: abolitionist and proslavery perspectives (4-C.6)

  • 4.SS.1.1.3 Explain the role of explorers and missionaries in the development of Idaho.

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

  • 4.SS.1.1.4 Discuss the treaty period for Idaho's federally recognized tribes including causes, events, and results.

• 4.SS.1.2 Trace the role of migration and immigration of people in the development of the United States.

  • 4.SS.1.2.1 Identify the major groups and significant individuals and their impact on western expansion and the creation of the State of Idaho.

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

  • 4.SS.1.2.2 Describe the historic role of fur trading and the discovery of gold and silver in Idaho.

  • 4.SS.1.2.3 Analyze and describe the different immigrant experiences across Idaho.

  • 4.SS.1.2.4 Analyze and describe the effects of westward expansion and subsequent federal policies on Idaho's American Indian tribes.

    • Sitting Bull (3-D.10)

• 4.SS.1.3 Identify the sovereign status and role of American Indians in the development of the United States.

  • 4.SS.1.3.1 Identify the five federally recognized American Indian tribes in Idaho: Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Shoshone-Bannock, Nez Perce, and Shoshone-Paiute Tribes and current reservation lands.

  • 4.SS.1.3.2 Discuss how Idaho's tribes interacted with and impacted existing and newly arriving people.

  • 4.SS.1.3.3 Identify and discuss similar and different key characteristics of American Indian tribes in Idaho.

  • 4.SS.1.3.4 Compare and contrast past and current American Indian life in Idaho.

  • 4.SS.1.3.5 Identify the meaning of tribal sovereignty and its relationship at the local, state, and federal levels of government.

  • 4.SS.1.3.6 Describe the preservation of American Indian resources, including cultural materials, history, language, and culture.

  • 4.SS.1.3.7 Identify and dispel misconceptions about American Indians today.

4.SS.2 Geography

• 4.SS.2.1 Analyze the spatial organizations of people, places and environment on the earth's surface.

  • 4.SS.2.1.1 Use geographic skills to collect, analyze, interpret, and communicate data.

    • Read a map: cardinal directions (4-F.1)
    • Identify lines of latitude and longitude (4-F.2)
    • Use lines of latitude and longitude (4-F.3)

  • 4.SS.2.1.2 Show on a map of the world the continents, oceans, landforms, poles, hemispheres, equator, and prime meridian in relation to Idaho.

    • Identify lines of latitude and longitude (4-F.2)
    • Use lines of latitude and longitude (4-F.3)
    • Identify oceans and continents (4-G.3)
    • Select oceans and continents (4-G.4)
    • Name oceans and continents (4-G.5)

  • 4.SS.2.1.3 Use a number/letter grid to find specific locations on a map of Idaho.

    • Read a letter-number grid (3-A.1)
    • Use a letter-number grid (3-A.2)

  • 4.SS.2.1.4 Describe the physical regions of Idaho, and identify major natural resources.

• 4.SS.2.2 Explain how human actions modify the physical environment and how physical systems affect human activity and living conditions.

  • Jamestown: the early years (4-A.1)
  • Plymouth (4-A.3)
  • New England colonies: economy and conflict (4-A.5)
  • Middle colonies: economy and society (4-A.7)
  • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (4-A.9)

• 4.SS.2.3 Trace the migration and settlement of human populations on the earth's surface.

  • 4.SS.2.3.1 Analyze past and present settlement patterns in Idaho.

  • 4.SS.2.3.2 Discuss the impact of colonization on American Indian tribal lands in Idaho, such as aboriginal and/or ceded territories, and the Treaties of 1855 and 1863.

  • 4.SS.2.3.3 Identify the geographic features of Idaho, and explain their impact on settlement.

  • 4.SS.2.3.4 Compare and contrast: city/suburb/town, urban/rural, farm/factory, and agriculture/industry.

    • Compare urban, suburban, and rural areas (3-A.11)

4.SS.3 Economics

• 4.SS.3.1 Explain basic economic concepts.

  • 4.SS.3.1.1 Describe and analyze how American Indians and early settlers met their basic needs of food, shelter, and water.

    • Jamestown: the early years (4-A.1)
    • Jamestown: growth of a colony (4-A.2)
    • Plymouth (4-A.3)

  • 4.SS.3.1.2 Explain the concepts of supply and demand and scarcity.

    • 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)

  • 4.SS.3.1.3 Explain the concepts of specialization and division of labor.

  • 4.SS.3.1.4 Identify goods and services in early Idaho settlements.

  • 4.SS.3.1.5 Explain the concept of public and private property in the development of Idaho.

• 4.SS.3.2 Identify different influences on economic systems.

  • 4.SS.3.2.1 Describe examples of historic and current technological innovations in relation to economic growth in Idaho.

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

  • 4.SS.3.2.2 Describe how geographic features of Idaho have determined the economic base of Idaho's regions.

• 4.SS.3.4 Explain the concepts of personal finance.

  • 4.SS.3.4.1 Define entrepreneurship, and identify reasons for starting a business.

    • Bill Gates (3-D.21)

4.SS.4 Civics and Government

• 4.SS.4.1 Build an understanding of the foundational principles of the American political system.

  • 4.SS.4.1.1 Identify the people and groups who make, apply, and enforce laws within state, local, and tribal governments.

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

  • 4.SS.4.1.2 Explain that rules and laws can be used to protect rights, provide benefits, and assign responsibilities.

    • Local government (4-K.1)
    • State government (4-K.2)
    • Federal government (4-K.3)

• 4.SS.4.2 Build an understanding of the organization and formation of the American system of government.

  • 4.SS.4.2.1 Explain the significance of Idaho symbols and the unique tribal seal of each federally recognized tribe in Idaho.

  • 4.SS.4.2.2 Identify and explain the basic functions of state, local, and tribal governments.

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

  • 4.SS.4.2.3 Describe the governmental relationships between state, local, and tribal governments.

    • The Constitution (4-K.4)

  • 4.SS.4.2.4 Identify the three branches of state government and explain the major responsibilities of each.

    • State government (4-K.2)

  • 4.SS.4.2.5 Discuss the governing structure of American Indian tribes in Idaho.

• 4.SS.4.3 Build an understanding that all people in the United States have rights and assume responsibilities.

  • 4.SS.4.3.1 Name elected state officials.

  • 4.SS.4.3.2 Explain ways to contact elected state officials.

  • 4.SS.4.3.3 Identify ways people can monitor and influence the decisions and actions of their state and tribal governments.

• 4.SS.4.4 Build an understanding of the evolution of democracy.

  • 4.SS.4.4.1 Discuss the concepts of citizenship, popular sovereignty, respect for the individual, equality of opportunity, and personal liberty.

    • The Bill of Rights (4-K.5)

4.SS.5 Global Perspectives

• 4.SS.5.1 Build an understanding of multiple perspectives and global interdependence.

  • 4.SS.5.1.1 Analyze the roles and relationships of diverse groups of people from various parts of the world who have contributed to Idaho's cultural heritage and impacted the state's history.

  • 4.SS.5.1.2 Discuss the challenges experienced by people from various cultural, racial, and religious groups that settled in Idaho from various parts of the world.

    • Harriet Tubman (3-D.9)
    • Rosa Parks (3-D.16)
    • Cesar Chavez (3-D.18)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. (3-D.19)

  • 4.SS.5.1.3 Identify Idaho's role in the global economy.

  • 4.SS.5.1.4 Identify the diversity within Idaho's American Indian tribes and develop an awareness of the shared experiences of indigenous populations in the world.