4th+Grade

=Process Skills Strand= toc [|Crayola Activities] ||  ||   || =**Civics and Government**= Schoolhouse Rocks - The Declaration of Independence ||  ||   || =Economics Strand= =Geography Strand= =History Strand=
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 * Identifies and compares information from primary and secondary sources ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Creates and uses historical timelines to gain and convey information ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Uses research skills to analyze and synthesize a historical person or event in history and notes the source of information ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Applies geographic tools, including grid system, symbols, legends, scales, and a compass rose to construct and interpret map ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Analyzes cause and effect in social studies ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Additional Resources: || TedEd
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 * Recognizes the United States Constitution as the document that defines the rights and responsibilities of citizens in the United States (right to vote, freedom of religion and speech). || Schoolhouse Rock - The Preamble
 * Recognizes how individuals have a civic responsibility for meeting the needs of communities (jury duty, voting, running for office, community service, etc). ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Describes the function of state governments. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Identify the three branches of state and federal government. || Schoolhouse Rock - Branches of Government ||  ||   ||
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 * Understands that the budget process has opportunity cost. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Identifies examples of how natural, capital, and human resources are used in production of goods and services. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Gives an example of economic specialization that leads to trade between regions of the United States. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Defines market economy as an economic system in which buyers and sellers make major decisions about production and distribution, based on supply and demand. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Discusses ways workers can improve their ability to earn income by gaining new knowledge, skills and experience. ||  ||   ||   ||
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 * Identifies and give examples of the difference between political and physical features (major landforms, bodies of water, state boundaries, territorial boundaries, major cities of a region, state capitals, etc). || Google Earth ||  ||   ||
 * Identifies and compares the physical characteristics of eastern to western Kansas and regions of the United States. || Google Earth ||  ||   ||
 * Identifies the human characteristics of Kansas and regions of the United States. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Identifies and describes the physical components, patterns, and processes of the Earth’s atmosphere, land, water, biomes. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Explains the functions and relationships of ecosystems in Kansas and across the United States. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Examines natural resource challenges and ways people have developed solutions as they use renewable and nonrenewable resources. || Google Earth ||  ||   ||
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 * Researches the contributions made by notable Kansans in history. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Describes the observations of the explorers who came to what was to become Kansas. || Kansas Historical Society - Explorers ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Describes how communication and transportations systems connect Kansas to other regions, past and present. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Compares and contrasts the purposes and life on the Santa Fe and Oregon-California Trails. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Explains the economic and cultural contributions made by immigrant groups who have settled in Kansas. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Recognizes key concepts that have helped to distinguish the identity of the State of Kansas (origin of names, traditional stories, state symbols, state song, etc.). ||  ||   ||   ||