Oregon

Civics and Government

• 4.1 Investigate how the establishment, organization, and function of the Oregon government, its Constitution and its laws enforced and/or violated democratic conceptions of equity and justice for individuals and groups including Native Americans, African-Americans, Asian-Americans, and other immigrant groups.

  • State government (4-K.2)

• 4.2 Explain how Oregon achieved statehood and identify the stakeholders involved.

• 4.3 Examine the Government and Constitutions' of the nine federally recognized Oregon tribes.

Economics

• 4.4 Examine the consequences of power and privilege on issues associated with poverty, income, and the accumulation of wealth.

  • What is economics? (4-N.1)
  • Banks (4-O.1)

Financial Literacy

• 4.5 Analyze different buying choices and opportunity costs.

  • Costs and benefits (4-N.2)
  • Opportunity cost (4-N.3)

• 4.6 Demonstrate understanding of needs and wants using a budget.

  • What is economics? (4-N.1)
  • Banks (4-O.1)

• 4.7 Determine the consequences of sharing personal information with others.

Geography

• 4.8 Explain the interactions between the Pacific Northwest physical systems and human systems, with a focus on Native Americans in that region.

  • Identify Earth's land features using photographs (4-G.1)
  • Identify Earth's land features using satellite images (4-G.2)
  • Identify states of the West (4-H.1)
  • Select states of the West (4-H.2)
  • Name states of the West (4-H.3)
  • Identify state capitals of the West (4-I.1)
  • Name state capitals of the West (4-I.2)

• 4.9 Compare and contrast varying patterns of settlements in Oregon, considering, past, present, and future trends.

• 4.1 Identify political, economic, cultural and physical conflicts, including genocide, involving the use of land, natural resources, economic interests, competition for scarce resources, different political views, boundary disputes, and cultural differences within Oregon's different geographical areas and people groups who lived in those areas.

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

• 4.11 Understand the impact and legacy of colonialism on marginalized communities and describe the decisions made to shape the human (e.g., tribal, cultural, agricultural, industrial, etc.) and physical geography (dams, wind turbines, climate change, transportation, etc.) and its effect on Oregon's environmental sustainability.

History

• Historical Knowledge (Focus: Oregon's Past [Oregon History])

  • 4.12 Analyze the distinct way of knowing and living amongst the different American Indian tribes in Oregon prior to colonization, such as religion, language, and cultural practices and the impact of acculturation and the ongoing perseverance and exercise of tribal sovereignty of Native Americans.

  • 4.13 Identify and explain how discrimination based on race, gender, economic, and social group identity created and continues to affect the history, growth, and current experience of residents of Oregon.

  • 4.14 Give examples of how early non-American Indian explorers and settlers in Oregon changed Oregon's agriculture, settlement patterns, industrial, political, and business development over time, and its impact on the people of the state including people of different socioeconomic status, racial/ethnic groups, religious groups, and other traditionally marginalized groups.

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

  • 4.15 Give examples of how changes in Oregon's agricultural, industrial, political, and business development over time, impacts people of the state including traditionally underrepresented groups.

• Historical Thinking (Skills)

  • 4.16 Distinguish between fact and fiction in historical accounts by comparing documentary sources on historical figures and events with fictional characters and events in stories.

    • Identify facts and opinions (4-Q.1)

  • 4.17 Create and evaluate timelines exploring the relationships among the people, events, and movements of resistance and justice in Oregon.

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

  • 4.18 Use primary and secondary sources to explain events in Oregon history.

  • 4.19 Infer the purpose of a primary source and from that the intended audience.

Social Science Analysis

• 4.2 Compare eyewitness and secondhand accounts of an event.

• 4.21 Construct explanations using reasoning, correct sequence, examples and details with relevant information and data.

  • Identify facts and opinions (4-Q.1)

• 4.22 Analyze historical accounts related to Oregon to understand cause-and-effect.

  • 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)
  • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part II (4-C.8)
  • 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: lead-up to war in Europe, Asia (4-E.8)
  • World War II: global events (4-E.9)

• 4.23 Determine the validity of multiple sources, both historical and current, including but not limited to, diverse, primary and secondary sources.

  • Identify facts and opinions (4-Q.1)

• 4.24 Explain individual and cooperative approaches people have taken, or could take in the future, to address local, regional, and global problems, as well as predict possible results of those actions.

  • The American Revolution: New British taxes (4-B.2)
  • The American Revolution: the Boston Tea Party (4-B.3)
  • The American Revolution: struggle for independence (4-B.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)
  • 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)