SOCIAL STUDIES/HISTORY
MR. CARLSON'S 4TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES -ALWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION!
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The Social Studies Progress Report
Basically, if your student is really paying attention to the in-class discussions, reading, demonstrations, and they are participating in projects and using their time wisely, they should have no problem with the grade they are earning in this subject. Early in the year the students are really being taught how to answer questions (being fed large parts of the answers that they seek) so their grades should be quite fair. As we progress, students will be responsible for taking much more responsibility for their products/work.
In regards to redo-marked work, make sure that every assignment marked below a 70% (C-) is redone and returned to the class redo box. The crediting redo work can take up to ten school days to show up in Q. Any assignment that carries a blank score or a score of "0" indicates it has not been turned in yet or was done with such poor quality that no score was earned. Please encourage your student to either get their work turned in or pay greater attention to their studies. If they do not turn in the assignment, the score will eventually turn to an "F".
KEY + WEIGHT OF CATEGORIES
Assignment = 40%
Test = 50%
Homework = 10%
Teacher Resources
What is 4th Grade Social Studies?
Students in grade 4 study the development of California. Students learn about California, its regions, and its exact location on the Earth, mission system, the gold rush, California's statehood, and the formation of government, to name just a little.
tenment, and the English traditions of self-government. They recognize that ours is a nation that has a constitution that derives its power from the people, that has gone through a revolution, that once sanctioned slavery, that experienced conflict over land with the original inhabitants, and that experienced a westward movement that took its people across the continent. Studying the cause, course, and consequences of the early explorations through the War for Independence and western expansion is central to students’ fundamental understanding of how the principles of the American republic form the basis of a pluralistic society in which individual rights are secured. Follow the link below for more information:
Stories Assigned for Reading by Unit
Unit 1
Unit 2
Coronado and the Cities of Gold
Making Connections: American Indians and Settlers
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
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History Speaks...Pledge of Allegiance Grades_4-8_Rife
United States Geography Reproducible
Parent Resources
Unit 1
Unit 2-Early People in California-Parent Newsletter
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5 Yeah, we finished our textbook.
**1st Trimester latitude and longitude game! Make sure your student can pass the Latitude and Longitude Map Match Game
by the end of the first trimester. Have them bring a printout or screenshot of their score showing a 100% or higher to receive credit. Their score is entered into our electronic grade book under Social Studies, as a test, within a few days.
Under Construction!
**2nd Trimester States!
They will then need to pass the Sheppard Software States 3-Expert level by the end of the 2nd quarter. Have them bring a printout or screenshot of their score showing a 90% or higher to receive credit. Their score is entered into our electronic grade book under Social Studies within a few days.
**3rd Trimester Important!
Each student will then need to pass the Sheppard Software Capitals 4-Cartographer by one week prior to the end of the 3rd trimester. Have them bring a printout or screenshot of their score showing a 90% or higher to receive credit. Their score is entered into our electronic grade book under Social Studies within a few days.
Review Links by Unit of Study
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Rockin' B-2 Links:
Click below for a killer outline map.
Our Social Studies Textbook Provider is ________________________Follow the corresponding links below for additional tools and resources that accompany our textbook:
Unit 4 The American Revolution
Questions or Comments:
dcarlson@pvsdcamarillo.org