4th Grade Social Studies GLEs & Priority Standards

4^th Grade Social Studies GLEs & Priority Standards

EALR 1: CIVICS

The student understands and applies knowledge of government, law, politics, and the nation’s fundamental documents to make decisions about local, national, and international issues and to demonstrate thoughtful, participatory citizenship.

1.1: Understands key ideals and principles of the United States, including those in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and other fundamental documents.

• 1.1.1: Ideals and principles
• Understands the key ideals of rights set forth in Article I of the Washington State Constitution.

Example: Explains that every person has the right to freely speak, write, and publish on all subjects (section five of the Washington State Constitution).

1.2: Understands the purposes, organization, and function of governments, laws and political systems.

• 1.2.1: Structure of government
• Understands that governments are organized into local, state, tribal, and national levels.

Example: Explains the hierarchy of state government over local government.

EALR 2: ECONOMICS

The student understands economic concepts and systems to comprehend the interactions between economy and individuals, households, businesses, governments, and societies.

2.4: Understands the economic issues and problems that all societies face.

• 2.4.1: Economic issues
• Understands how geography, natural resources, climate, and available labor contribute to the sustainability of the economy of regions in Washington State.

Example: Draws conclusions about how the economy in each region of Washington State could change as a result of the depletion of natural resources specific to the regions.

EALR 3: GEOGRAPHY

The student applies the concepts of location, region, and movement and demonstrates knowledge of how geographic features and human cultures impact environments to make reasoned decisions.

3.1: Understands the physical characteristics, cultural characteristics, and location of places and regions.

• 3.1.1: Maps and geographic tools
• Constructs and uses maps to explain the movement of people.

Example: Constructs maps of the Oregon Trail showing and labeling the stating location, the destination, the route, geographic features that affected the route, and a title, captions, or symbols that describe the movement of the settlers.

3.2: Understands the interactions between humans and environments.

• 3.2.3: Human migration
• Understands that the geographic features of the Pacific Northwest have influenced the movement of people.

Example: Explains why people traveling on the Oregon Trail made the choice to move west because of a need for land.

EALR 4: HISTORY

The student understands and applies knowledge of historical thinking, chronology, eras, turning points, major ideas, individuals, and themes of local, Washington State, tribal, United States, and world history in order to evaluate how history shapes the present and future.

4.3: Understands that there are multiple perspectives and interpretations of historical events.

• 4.3.1: Historical interpretation
• Understands that there are multiple perspectives regarding the interpretation of historical events and creates an historical account using multiple sources.

Example: Compares the account of the Whitman Massacre from the perspective of the missionaries and the perspective of the Cayuse native people.

EALR 5: SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS

The student understands and applies reasoning skills to conduct research, deliberate, form, and evaluate positions through the processes of reading, writing, and communicating.

5.1: Uses critical reasoning skills to analyze and evaluate positions.

• 5.1.1: Understands reasoning
• Understands the concepts used in documents and sources.

Example: Explains how the state law limiting cell phone usage in cars is related to the concepts of individual liberty and public safety.

5.4: Creates a product that uses social studies content to support a thesis and presents the product in an appropriate manner to a meaningful audience.

• 5.4.1: Creates position and product
• Draws clear, well-reasoned conclusions and provides explorations that are supported by artifacts and/or primary sources in a paper or presentation.

Example: Writes a conclusion about the challenges pioneers faced when moving west, supported by diaries, letters and journals.