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Course Description:
In grade four, students begin their inquiry of the development of early history of the United States of America. Students will focus on the context of the geography of the United States. Colonial tensions are analyzed for deeper understanding of the causes that led to the American Revolution and the formation of the Declaration of Independence. Students discuss the formation of the government of the United States and describe the function of each branch of government. From there the causes and effects of westward expansion in the newly founded United States are analyzed. Tensions arise again leading to the Civil War. Students describe the key figures, events, and outcome of the Civil War and the reconstruction period of the country after the war.
Suggested Mentor Texts
Events Leading to the American Revolution by Linda R. Wade
George vs. George: The American Revolution As Seen from Both Sides by Rosalyn Schanzer
Let It Begin Here!: Lexington & Concord: First Battles of the American Revolution by Dennis Brindell Fradin
We the Kids by David Catrow
Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz
We the People by Lynne Cheney
If I Were President by Catherine Stier
We the People: The Constitution of the United States by Peter Spier
Daily Life in a Covered Wagon by Paul Erickson
A Pioneer Sampler Daily Life of a Pioneer Family 1840
Covered Wagons, Bumpy Trails by Verla Kay
Buffalo Bird Girl by S.D. Nelson
Lewis and Clark and Me by Laurie Myers
If You Were a Kid on the Oregon Trail? By Jos Gregory
Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco
Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine
Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome
To the Front! Clara Barton Braves the Battle of Antietam by Friddell, Claudia
O Captain, My Captain Walt Whitman, Abraham Lincoln, and the Civil War by Burleigh, Robert
You Wouldn't Want to Be A Civil War Soldier! A War You'd Rather Not Fight by Ratliff, Thomas M.
If You Lived During the Civil War by Patrick, Denise Lewis
No Small Potatoes by Tonya Bolden
Abe Lincoln’s Dream by Lane Smith
Suggested Websites
TeachingBooks.net
Time for Kids
Earth.google.com
MetKids
SC Department of Education Social Studies Instructional Resources
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