Iowa

I Inquiry

• Constructing Compelling Questions

  • SS.4.1 Explain how a compelling question represents key ideas in the field.

• Constructing Supporting Questions

  • SS.4.2 Use supporting questions to help answer the compelling question in an inquiry.

• Developing Claims and Using Evidence

  • SS.4.3 Cite evidence that supports a response to supporting or compelling questions.

    • The American Revolution: struggle for independence (4-B.6)
    • The Civil War: the First Battle of Bull Run to Gettysburg (4-D.2)
    • Reconstruction (4-D.5)
    • World War II: global events (4-E.9)
    • Identify facts and opinions (4-Q.1)

• Communicating and Critiquing Conclusions

  • SS.4.4 Construct responses to compelling questions using reasoning, examples, and relevant details.

• Taking Informed Action

  • SS.4.5 Identify challenges and opportunities when taking action to address problems, including predicting possible results.

  • SS.4.6 Use a range of deliberative and democratic procedures to make decisions about and act on civic problems in their classrooms.

BS Behavioral Sciences

• Recognize the Interaction Between the Individual and Various Groups

  • BS.SS.4.7 Explain causes of conflict or collaboration among different social groups.

    • Jamestown: the early years (4-A.1)
    • Plymouth (4-A.3)
    • New England colonies: economy and conflict (4-A.5)
    • Middle colonies: founding and government (4-A.6)
    • Southern colonies: founding and government (4-A.8)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (4-A.9)
    • The American Revolution: the Thirteen Colonies under British rule (4-B.1)
    • 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)
    • Reconstruction (4-D.5)

CG Civics/Government

• Apply Civic Virtues and Democratic Principles

  • CG.SS.4.8 Evaluate how civic virtues and democratic principles have guided or do guide governments, societies, and/or communities.

    • New England colonies: religion and government (4-A.4)
    • Middle colonies: founding and government (4-A.6)
    • Southern colonies: founding and government (4-A.8)
    • The American Revolution: struggle for independence (4-B.6)
    • Antebellum Period: abolitionist and proslavery perspectives (4-C.6)
    • The Constitution (4-K.4)
    • The Bill of Rights (4-K.5)
    • Checks and balances (4-K.6)
    • Presidential elections (4-K.7)

• Interpret Processes, Rules and Laws

  • CG.SS.4.9 Explain how the enforcement of a specific ruling or law changed society.

    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part I (4-C.7)
    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part II (4-C.8)
    • Reconstruction (4-D.5)

  • CG.SS.4.10 Describe how societies have changed in the past and continue to change.

    • The American Revolution: conclusion and aftermath (4-B.8)
    • Reconstruction (4-D.5)

E Economics

• Engage in Economic Decision Making

  • E.SS.4.11 Describe how scarcity requires a person to make a choice and identify costs associated with that choice.

    • What is economics? (4-N.1)
    • Costs and benefits (4-N.2)
    • Opportunity cost (4-N.3)

• Critique Exchange and Markets

  • E.SS.4.12 Using historical and/or local examples, explain how competition has influenced the production of goods and services.

    • Goods and services (3-H.3)

  • E.SS.4.13 Compare and contrast different ways that the government interacts with the economy.

    • Purpose of government (3-E.1)

• Evaluate the National Economy

  • E.SS.4.14 Explain the reasons why the costs of goods and services rise and fall.

    • 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)

FL Financial Literacy

• Create a Saving and Spending Plan

  • FL.SS.4.15 Identify factors that can influence people's different spending and saving choices.

    • What is economics? (4-N.1)
    • Costs and benefits (4-N.2)

• Measure Risk Management Tools

  • FL.SS.4.16 Determine the consequences of sharing personal information with others.

G Geography

• Create Geographic Representations

  • G.SS.4.17 Create a geographic representation to illustrate how the natural resources in an area affect the decisions people make.

    • 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)

• Evaluate Human Environment Interaction

  • G.SS.4.18 Describe how environmental and cultural characteristics influence population distribution in specific places or regions.

    • Jamestown: the early years (4-A.1)
    • New England colonies: religion and government (4-A.4)
    • Middle colonies: founding and government (4-A.6)
    • Southern colonies: founding and government (4-A.8)

• Analyze Human Population Movement and Patterns

  • G.SS.4.19 Explain influences on the development and decline of different modes of transportation in U.S. regions.

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

H History

• Analyze Change, Continuity, and Context

  • H.SS.4.20 Compare and contrast events that happened at the same time.

    • The Great Depression: part II (4-E.6)

• Compare Perspectives

  • H.SS.4.21 Analyze conflicting perspectives on historical and current events/issues.

    • 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)

• Critique Historical Sources and Evidence

  • H.SS.4.22 Infer the purpose of a primary source and from that the intended audience.

• Justify Causation and Argumentation

  • H.SS.4.23 Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments.

    • 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)
    • Middle colonies: founding and government (4-A.6)
    • Middle colonies: economy and society (4-A.7)
    • Southern colonies: founding and government (4-A.8)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (4-A.9)
    • 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)
    • 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)
    • 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)
    • 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)
    • 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)
    • The Great Depression: part I (4-E.5)
    • The Great Depression: part II (4-E.6)
    • The New Deal (4-E.7)
    • World War II: lead-up to war in Europe, Asia (4-E.8)
    • World War II: global events (4-E.9)

  • H.SS.4.24 Develop a claim about the past and cite evidence to support it.

• Iowa History

  • H.SS.4.25 Analyze the impact of technological changes in Iowa, across time and place.

  • H.SS.4.26 Explain how Iowa's agriculture has changed over time.