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Fourth Grade Social Studies
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Time,
Continuity, and Change [History] |
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The
student a understands historical
chronology
and the historical perspective.
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| SS.A.1.2.1.4 |
The
student understands how individuals, ideas, decisions, and events can
influence history.
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Race, Religion and Culture
Law and Government
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Time,
Continuity, and Change [History] |
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The
student understands United States history to 1880. |
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| SS.A.4.2.1.4 |
The
student understands the geographic, economic, political, and cultural
factors that characterized early exploration of the Americas. |
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Ethnic
Heritage |
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Time,
Continuity, and Change [History] |
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The
student understands United States history from 1880 to the present day.
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| SS.A.5.2.7.4 |
The
student knows the economic, political, and social transformations that
have taken place in the United States since World War II.
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Race, Religion and Culture
Law and Government
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| Strand
B |
People, Places,
and Environments [Geography] |
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The
student understands the world in spatial terms. |
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| SS.B.1.2.1.4 |
The
students uses maps, globes, charts, graphs, and other geographic tools
including map keys and symbols to gather and interpret data and to draw
conclusions about physical patterns. |
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Consumerism
Places and Maps
Transportation
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| SS.B.1.2.3.4 |
The
student locates and describes the physical and cultural features
of major world
political regions. |
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World
Cultures
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| Strand
B |
People,
Places, and Environments [Geography] |
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The
student understands the interactions of people and the physical
environment. |
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| SS.B.2.2.2.4 |
The
student understands how the physical environment supports and constrains
human activities. |
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Consumerism
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| SS.B.2.2.3.4 |
The
student understands how human activity affects the physical environment. |
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| Strand
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Government
and the Citizen [Civics and Government]
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The
student understands the structure, functions, and purpose of government
and how the principles and values of American democracy are reflected in
American constitutional government. |
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| SS.C.1.2.4.4 |
The
student knows possible consequences of the absence of government, rules,
and laws. |
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Community
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| SS.C.1.2.5.4 |
The
student knows the basic purposes of government in the United States and
knows the basic things governments do in one’s school, community,
state, and nation.
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Community
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Government
and the Citizen [Civics and Government]
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The
student understands the role of the citizen in American democracy. |
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| SS.C.2.2.1.4 |
The
student understands the importance of participation through community
service, civic improvement, and political activities.
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Race, Religion and Culture
Community
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| SS.C.2.2.2.4 |
The
student understands why personal responsibility (e.g., taking
advantage of the opportunity to be educated) and civic
responsibility (e.g., obeying the law and respecting the rights of
others) are important. |
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Race, Religion and Culture
Law and Government
Exhibiting Responsible Citizenship
What is Freedom?
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| SS.C.2.2.3.4 |
The
student knows that a citizen is a legally recognized member of the
United States who has certain rights and privileges and certain
responsibilities (e.g., privileges such as the right to vote and hold
public office and responsibilities such as respecting the law, voting,
paying taxes, and serving on juries).
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Law and Government
Exhibiting Responsible Citizenship
What is Freedom?
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| SS.C.2.2.4.4 |
The
student knows examples of the extension of the privileges and
responsibilities of citizenship.
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Law and Government
Exhibiting Responsible Citizenship
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| SS.C.2.2.5.4 |
The
student knows what constitutes personal, political, and economic rights
and why they are important and knows examples of contemporary issues
regarding rights.
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Law
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Strand
D |
Production,
Distribution, and Consumption [Economics] |
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The
student understands how scarcity requires individuals and institutions
to make choices about how to use resources.
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| SS.D.1.2.2.4 |
4 The student understands that scarcity of
resources requires choices on many levels, from the individual to
societal |
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Conservation
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