South Dakota

World History: 60 B.C.E.-C.E. 1300

• 4.SS.1 Building upon skills learned in previous grades, the student learns the skills to complete the following tasks, completing each task with relative ease by the end of 4th grade.

  • 4.SS.1.A The student can use correctly terms related to time periods or dates in history, including 18th century, 19th century, B.C.E., C.E., and C.E.

    • Reading and creating timelines with BCE and CE (4-V.1)

  • 4.SS.1.B The student can use a timeline correctly.

    • Reading and creating timelines with BCE and CE (4-V.1)

  • 4.SS.1.C The student can recite from memory the following lines from the Declaration of Independence: "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.— That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it..."

  • 4.SS.1.D The student can give examples of virtues and actions related to being a responsible and knowledgeable citizen.

  • 4.SS.1.E The student can sing or recite from memory the first stanza of "The Star-Spangled Banner."

  • 4.SS.1.F The student can outline and write a narrative essay of 2-3 paragraphs in length about a historical event.

  • 4.SS.1.G The student can outline and write an informative essay of 2-3 paragraphs in length about a historical figure.

• 4.SS.2 The student demonstrates knowledge of American and South Dakota geography.

  • 4.SS.2.A The student will create a map and describe the features of America's physical geography, including: Great Plains, Missouri River, Rocky Mountains, Grand Canyon, Columbia River.

    • Identify Earth's land features using photographs (4-J.1)
    • Identify Earth's land features using satellite images (4-J.2)

  • 4.SS.2.B The student will create a map that identifies and spells correctly cities pertinent to American westward expansion, including Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, and Omaha.

    • Cities of the Midwest (4-N.2)

  • 4.SS.2.C The student locates on a map and compares the following major regions in South Dakota: Coteau des Prairie, Great Plains, James River Valley, Minnesota Valley Lowland, Missouri Plateau, Prairie Plains, Traverse Gap Continental Divide.

  • 4.SS.2.D The student locates on a map the following major or historical cities in South Dakota: Aberdeen, Deadwood, Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Yankton.

• 4.SS.3 The student demonstrates knowledge of the Roman Empire.

  • Skills covering this topic are not currently available on IXL.

• 4.SS.4 The student demonstrates knowledge of the Early Middle Ages.

  • Skills covering this topic are not currently available on IXL.

• 4.SS.5 The student demonstrates knowledge of the High and Late Middle Ages.

  • Skills covering this topic are not currently available on IXL.