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Tennessee Academic Standards (adopted in 2024): Grade 4 Tennessee Academic Standards (adopted in 2024): Grade 4
Tennessee Academic Standards: Fourth Grade - The History of the United States: Colonization to Reconstruction Tennessee Academic Standards: Fourth Grade - The History of the United States: Colonization to Reconstruction
Tennessee Social Studies Practice Standards: Grades 3-5 Social Studies Practices Tennessee Social Studies Practice Standards: Grades 3-5 Social Studies Practices
Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): Age of Exploration 15th-16th Centuries Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): Age of Exploration 15th-16th Centuries
Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): Creating a New Government Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): Creating a New Government
Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): Settling the Colonies to The 1700s Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): Settling the Colonies to The 1700s
Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): The Growth of The Republic 1800-1850 Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): The Growth of The Republic 1800-1850
Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): The Land and People before European Exploration Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): The Land and People before European Exploration
Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): The New Nations Westward Expansion 1790-1830 Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): The New Nations Westward Expansion 1790-1830
Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): The War for Independence 1760-1789 Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): The War for Independence 1760-1789

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Social Studies Practices

SSP.01 Gather information from a variety of primary and secondary sources, including: printed materials; graphic representations; artifacts; media and technology sources; oral history.
SSP.02 Critically examine a primary or secondary source in order to: summarize significant ideas and relevant information; distinguish between fact and opinion; draw inferences and conclusions; recognize author's purpose and point of view, and reliability.
- Identify facts and opinions (4-U.1)
SSP.03 Organize data from a variety of sources in order to: compare and contrast multiple sources; recognize differences between multiple accounts; frame appropriate questions for further investigation.
SSP.04 Communicate ideas supported by evidence to: demonstrate and defend an understanding of ideas; compare and contrast viewpoints; illustrate cause and effect; predict likely outcomes; devise new outcomes or solutions; develop strategies for appropriate civic discourse.
SSP.05 Develop historical awareness by: recognizing how and why historical accounts change over time; recognizing how past events and issues might have been experienced by the people of that time with historical context; identifying patterns of continuity and change over time, making connections to the present.
SSP.06 Develop geographic awareness by: determining relationships among people, resources, and ideas based on geographic location; determining the use of diverse types of maps and their features based on the purpose; analyzing the spatial relationships between people, circumstances, and resources; analyzing interaction between humans and the physical environment; examining how geographic regions and perceptions of the regions change over time.

The United States Prior the Civil War (1820s–1861)

4.01 Analyze the sectional differences between the North, South and the developing West, including: economic; population; social; transportation.
- Antebellum Period: economies of the North and South (4-D.5)
- Antebellum Period: abolitionist and proslavery perspectives (4-D.6)
4.02 Explain how enslavement became a national conflict during the mid-19th century, including the significance of: Missouri Compromise; Nat Turner's Rebellion; Compromise of 1850; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Kansas-Nebraska Act; Dred Scott v. Sandford decision; John Brown's Raid (on Harper's Ferry).
- Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part I (4-D.7)
- Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part II (4-D.8)
4.03 Compare characteristics of the lives of enslaved persons on plantations, in cities, and on other farms.
4.04 Identify abolitionist leaders and their approaches to ending enslavement, including: Frederick Douglass; William Lloyd Garrison; The Grimke Sisters; Harriet Tubman; Sojourner Truth.
4.05 Compare and contrast the various sectional stances on states' rights and enslavement represented by the presidential candidates in the election of 1860.

The Civil War and Reconstruction (1861–1870s)

4.06 Evaluate the significance of the Battle of Fort Sumter and the impact it had on secession.
- The Civil War: the beginning of the war (4-E.1)
4.07 Explain the efforts of both the Union and the Confederacy to secure the border states for their causes.
4.08 Explain how the Union's Anaconda Plan used geographic features to isolate and defeat regions of the South and the Confederacy as a whole.
4.09 Describe the roles of major leaders during the Civil War, including: Jefferson Davis; Ulysses S. Grant; Robert E. Lee; Abraham Lincoln.
4.10 Evaluate the significant contributions made by women during the Civil War (e.g., Clara Barton, Dorothea Dix, Susie King Taylor, Frances Clayton, Harriett Tubman, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker).
- Harriet Tubman (4)
- The Civil War: war tactics and the home front (4-E.3)
4.11 Examine the strategic significance and outcomes of key events of the Civil War (e.g., First Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Shiloh, Battle of Antietam, Siege of Vicksburg, and Battle of Gettysburg).
- The Civil War: the beginning of the war (4-E.1)
- The Civil War: the First Battle of Bull Run to Gettysburg (4-E.2)
4.12 Explain the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation, and identify its impact on the country.
4.13 Describe the significance of the Gettysburg Address.
4.14 Describe the physical, social, political, and economic consequences of the Civil War on the United States after the surrender at Appomattox Court House.
- Reconstruction (4-E.5)
4.15 Describe the impact President Abraham Lincoln's assassination had on the nation.
4.16 Identify the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments (i.e., Reconstruction Amendments) as efforts to help former enslaved persons gain the rights of citizenship.
- Reconstruction (4-E.5)
4.17 Compare and contrast the goals of the Reconstruction plans of President Abraham Lincoln, President Andrew Johnson, and Congress.
4.18 Identify the impacts of the outcome of the Election of 1876, including: Compromise of 1877; disenfranchisement; end of military reconstruction; lack of African American elected officials; Jim Crow Laws; rise of vigilante actions.
- Reconstruction (4-E.5)

Industrialization, the Gilded Age, and the Progressive Era (1870s–1910s)

4.19 Examine the appeal and challenges of settling the Great Plains from various cultural perspectives, including settlers, immigrants, Buffalo Soldiers, and American Indians.
- Sitting Bull (4)
4.20 Examine factors that encouraged development of the Great Plains, including the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, innovations (e.g., barbed wire, steel plow, and windmills) and the Homestead Acts.
- John Deere (4)
4.21 Describe characteristics of the Second Industrial Revolution (e.g., industrial capitalists, monopolies, unsafe working conditions).
4.22 Explain the role of labor unions and the American Federation of Labor in changing the standards of working conditions.
4.23 Examine the impact of important entrepreneurs on American society during the Gilded Age (e.g., Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Madam C. J. Walker.)
4.24 Examine the contributions and impact of inventors (e.g., Alexander Graham Bell, George Washington Carver, and Thomas Edison, Eliza Murfey) on American society.
4.25 Describe the challenges for successful entry into the United States through Ellis Island and Angel Island, and examine the role of immigrants in the development of the United States.
4.26 Analyze the causes, course, and consequences of the Spanish-American War, including: Buffalo Soldiers; imperialism; Rough Riders; USS Maine; yellow journalism.
4.27 Analyze the major goals, struggles, and achievements of the Progressive Era, including Prohibition (i.e., 18th Amendment), women's suffrage (i.e., 19th Amendment), and child labor
- Susan B. Anthony (4)

World War I and Between the Wars (1920s–1940s)

4.28 Summarize the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I, including the attack on the RMS Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram.
- World War I: events of the war (4-F.3)
4.29 Identify and locate on a map the major countries of the Central and Allied Powers during World War I, including: Austria-Hungary; France; Germany; Great Britain; Russia.
4.30 Describe the impact of U.S. involvement as an Allied Power in World War I
- World War I: events of the war (4-F.3)
- World War I: the road to peace (4-F.4)
4.31 Explain the aims of world leaders in the Treaty of Versailles, and why the U.S. Senate rejected President Woodrow Wilson's League of Nations.
- World War I: the road to peace (4-F.4)
4.32 Examine the growth of popular culture during the "Roaring Twenties" with respect to the following: music, clothing, and entertainment; automobiles and appliances; Harlem Renaissance.
4.33 Describe how scarcity, supply, and demand affect the prices of products.
4.34 Identify the causes of the Great Depression, President Herbert Hoover's role, and its impact on the nation, including: consumer credit and debt; hoovervilles; mass unemployment; overproduction; soup kitchens.
- The Great Depression: part I (4-G.1)
- The Great Depression: part II (4-G.2)
4.35 Describe how the New Deal policies of President Franklin D. Roosevelt impacted American society with government-funded programs, including Social Security, protection of banks, expansion and development of the national parks, and creation of jobs.
- The New Deal (4-G.3)

World War II (1930s–1940s)

4.36 Explain the structures and goals of the governments in Germany and Japan during the 1930s, and how they contributed to the outbreak of World War II.
- World War II: lead-up to war in Europe, Asia (4-H.1)
4.37 Identify and locate on a map the Axis and Allied Powers associated with World War II, including: Germany; Italy; Japan; France; Great Britain; Soviet Union.
4.38 Determine the significance of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and its impact on the United States.
- World War II: global events (4-H.2)
4.39 Examine the reasons for the use of propaganda, rationing, and victory gardens during World War II.
4.40 Analyze the significance of the Holocaust and its impact on the United States (e.g., the creation of the of the State of Israel by the United Nations and the migration of Jewish individuals).

Post-World War II and the Civil Rights Movement (1940s–1960s)

4.41 Examine the growth of the United States as a consumer and entertainment society after World War II, including: growth of the suburbs; increased access to automobiles; Interstate Highway System; television, radio, and movie theaters.
4.42 Analyze the key people and events of the Civil Rights Movement, including: Martin Luther King Jr. and non-violent protests; Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott; Brown v. Board of Education and Thurgood Marshall; Freedom Riders and Diane Nash.
4.43 Explain the effects of the Civil Rights Movement, including the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.

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Social Studies Practices

SSP.01 Gather information from a variety of primary and secondary sources, including: printed materials; graphic representations; artifacts; media and technology sources; oral history.

SSP.02 Critically examine a primary or secondary source in order to: summarize significant ideas and relevant information; distinguish between fact and opinion; draw inferences and conclusions; recognize author's purpose and point of view, and reliability.

SSP.03 Organize data from a variety of sources in order to: compare and contrast multiple sources; recognize differences between multiple accounts; frame appropriate questions for further investigation.

SSP.04 Communicate ideas supported by evidence to: demonstrate and defend an understanding of ideas; compare and contrast viewpoints; illustrate cause and effect; predict likely outcomes; devise new outcomes or solutions; develop strategies for appropriate civic discourse.

The United States Prior the Civil War (1820s–1861)

4.01 Analyze the sectional differences between the North, South and the developing West, including: economic; population; social; transportation.

4.02 Explain how enslavement became a national conflict during the mid-19th century, including the significance of: Missouri Compromise; Nat Turner's Rebellion; Compromise of 1850; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Kansas-Nebraska Act; Dred Scott v. Sandford decision; John Brown's Raid (on Harper's Ferry).

4.03 Compare characteristics of the lives of enslaved persons on plantations, in cities, and on other farms.

4.04 Identify abolitionist leaders and their approaches to ending enslavement, including: Frederick Douglass; William Lloyd Garrison; The Grimke Sisters; Harriet Tubman; Sojourner Truth.

4.05 Compare and contrast the various sectional stances on states' rights and enslavement represented by the presidential candidates in the election of 1860.

The Civil War and Reconstruction (1861–1870s)

4.06 Evaluate the significance of the Battle of Fort Sumter and the impact it had on secession.

4.07 Explain the efforts of both the Union and the Confederacy to secure the border states for their causes.

4.08 Explain how the Union's Anaconda Plan used geographic features to isolate and defeat regions of the South and the Confederacy as a whole.

4.09 Describe the roles of major leaders during the Civil War, including: Jefferson Davis; Ulysses S. Grant; Robert E. Lee; Abraham Lincoln.

4.10 Evaluate the significant contributions made by women during the Civil War (e.g., Clara Barton, Dorothea Dix, Susie King Taylor, Frances Clayton, Harriett Tubman, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker).

4.11 Examine the strategic significance and outcomes of key events of the Civil War (e.g., First Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Shiloh, Battle of Antietam, Siege of Vicksburg, and Battle of Gettysburg).

4.12 Explain the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation, and identify its impact on the country.

4.13 Describe the significance of the Gettysburg Address.

4.14 Describe the physical, social, political, and economic consequences of the Civil War on the United States after the surrender at Appomattox Court House.

4.15 Describe the impact President Abraham Lincoln's assassination had on the nation.

4.16 Identify the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments (i.e., Reconstruction Amendments) as efforts to help former enslaved persons gain the rights of citizenship.

4.17 Compare and contrast the goals of the Reconstruction plans of President Abraham Lincoln, President Andrew Johnson, and Congress.

4.18 Identify the impacts of the outcome of the Election of 1876, including: Compromise of 1877; disenfranchisement; end of military reconstruction; lack of African American elected officials; Jim Crow Laws; rise of vigilante actions.

Industrialization, the Gilded Age, and the Progressive Era (1870s–1910s)

4.19 Examine the appeal and challenges of settling the Great Plains from various cultural perspectives, including settlers, immigrants, Buffalo Soldiers, and American Indians.

4.20 Examine factors that encouraged development of the Great Plains, including the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, innovations (e.g., barbed wire, steel plow, and windmills) and the Homestead Acts.

4.21 Describe characteristics of the Second Industrial Revolution (e.g., industrial capitalists, monopolies, unsafe working conditions).

4.22 Explain the role of labor unions and the American Federation of Labor in changing the standards of working conditions.

4.23 Examine the impact of important entrepreneurs on American society during the Gilded Age (e.g., Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Madam C. J. Walker.)

4.24 Examine the contributions and impact of inventors (e.g., Alexander Graham Bell, George Washington Carver, and Thomas Edison, Eliza Murfey) on American society.

4.25 Describe the challenges for successful entry into the United States through Ellis Island and Angel Island, and examine the role of immigrants in the development of the United States.

4.26 Analyze the causes, course, and consequences of the Spanish-American War, including: Buffalo Soldiers; imperialism; Rough Riders; USS Maine; yellow journalism.

4.27 Analyze the major goals, struggles, and achievements of the Progressive Era, including Prohibition (i.e., 18th Amendment), women's suffrage (i.e., 19th Amendment), and child labor

World War I and Between the Wars (1920s–1940s)

4.28 Summarize the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I, including the attack on the RMS Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram.

4.29 Identify and locate on a map the major countries of the Central and Allied Powers during World War I, including: Austria-Hungary; France; Germany; Great Britain; Russia.

4.30 Describe the impact of U.S. involvement as an Allied Power in World War I

4.31 Explain the aims of world leaders in the Treaty of Versailles, and why the U.S. Senate rejected President Woodrow Wilson's League of Nations.

4.32 Examine the growth of popular culture during the "Roaring Twenties" with respect to the following: music, clothing, and entertainment; automobiles and appliances; Harlem Renaissance.

4.33 Describe how scarcity, supply, and demand affect the prices of products.

4.34 Identify the causes of the Great Depression, President Herbert Hoover's role, and its impact on the nation, including: consumer credit and debt; hoovervilles; mass unemployment; overproduction; soup kitchens.

4.35 Describe how the New Deal policies of President Franklin D. Roosevelt impacted American society with government-funded programs, including Social Security, protection of banks, expansion and development of the national parks, and creation of jobs.

World War II (1930s–1940s)

4.36 Explain the structures and goals of the governments in Germany and Japan during the 1930s, and how they contributed to the outbreak of World War II.

4.37 Identify and locate on a map the Axis and Allied Powers associated with World War II, including: Germany; Italy; Japan; France; Great Britain; Soviet Union.

4.38 Determine the significance of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and its impact on the United States.

4.39 Examine the reasons for the use of propaganda, rationing, and victory gardens during World War II.

4.40 Analyze the significance of the Holocaust and its impact on the United States (e.g., the creation of the of the State of Israel by the United Nations and the migration of Jewish individuals).

Post-World War II and the Civil Rights Movement (1940s–1960s)

4.41 Examine the growth of the United States as a consumer and entertainment society after World War II, including: growth of the suburbs; increased access to automobiles; Interstate Highway System; television, radio, and movie theaters.

4.42 Analyze the key people and events of the Civil Rights Movement, including: Martin Luther King Jr. and non-violent protests; Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott; Brown v. Board of Education and Thurgood Marshall; Freedom Riders and Diane Nash.

4.43 Explain the effects of the Civil Rights Movement, including the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.