Social Studies for Fourth Grade focuses on regions of the USA and Maryland history. We will be using Maryland: An American Adventure and Impact Social Studies as our curriculum.

There are 7 units in Social Studies that build off of each other. These units include regions of the USA and Maryland, early human societies in USA, how Maryland turned into a state, as well as economic systems.

Vocabulary will continuously be taught and be quizzed throughout the units. Students are expected to fill out a vocabulary sheet to help them prepare and study in class, but if they do not finish it becomes homework.

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Current Vocabulary: Population, population density, archeology, extinct, prehistoric, glacier, migration, landbridge, hunter-gatherer, nomadic

Newly Added: Indigenous, civilization, culture, tradition, ceremony, artifact, economy, barter, agriculture, surplus

Past Vocabulary: Legend, Compass Rose, Scale of Distance, Region, Continent, Ocean, Equator, Prime Meridian, Hemisphere, 5 themes of geography, longitude, latitude, Landforms, region, mountains, valley, lakes, desert, rivers, plateau, ocean, island, peninsula