Grade 4: New York State History and Government

Introduction

As outlined by the New York State Social Studies Framework, Grade 4 is focused on New York State and local communities and their change over time, incorporating the study of geography, history, economics, and government. 

Unit 1: Three Worlds Meet In NYS

•  Where in the World is New York?

• Native Americans in New York, Then and Now

• Comparing the Iroquois and Algonquian

• Early European Explorers

• The Dutch Settle in New Netherland

• Slavery in New York

Unit 2: The Impact of Colonial and Revolutionary Period on NYS

• Peter Stuyvesant’s Impact on New Netherland

• Dutch Contributions, Then and Now

• Early Colonists and Their Influence

• English Colonial Life in New York

• Causes of the American Revolution

• Varying Viewpoints of the American Revolution

• Battles of the American Revolution in NYS

Unit 3: National and Local Government

• Our National Government

• Checks and Balances

• New York State Government

• Local Government

• Bill of Rights

• Rights and Responsibilities

•  How to Answer a CRQ and DBQ

Unit 4: Changes come to NYS

• African Americans and Women in New York

• Westward Movement and the Erie Canal

• New Technology, New Ways to Travel

• Inventors and Entrepreneurs

•  Farming, Mining, Lumbering and Finance

• An Immigrant's Journey

• Industrialization: Opportunities with Problems