Massachusetts

History and Geography

• 1 Use map and globe skills to determine absolute locations (latitude and longitude) of places studied.

  • 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)

• 2 Interpret a map using information from its title, compass rose, scale, and legend.

  • Read a map: cardinal directions (4-F.1)

• 3 Observe and describe national historic sites and describe their function and significance.

  • 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)

Civics and Government

• 4 Give examples of the major rights that immigrants have acquired as citizens of the United States (e.g., the right to vote, and freedom of religion, speech, assembly, and petition).

  • The Bill of Rights (4-K.5)

• 5 Give examples of the different ways immigrants can become citizens of the United States.

Economics

• 6 Define and give examples of natural resources in the United States.

  • Natural resources (3-H.2)
  • Middle colonies: economy and society (4-A.7)
  • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (4-A.9)

• 7 Give examples of limited and unlimited resources and explain how scarcity compels people and communities to make choices about goods and services, giving up some things to get other things.

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

• 8 Give examples of how the interaction of buyers and sellers influences the prices of goods and services in markets.

  • 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)