Suggested 4th Grade Social Studies Plan

Suggested 4^th Grade Social Studies Plan

Adopted Textbook: Discovering Washington by Pelz
Rand McNally Washington State Studies Program
It was the consensus of the 4^th grade team that if you covered Units 1-15 in the district adopted textbook (Discovering Washington) that you would meet both the Washington State EALR’s and the Burlington-Edison benchmarks. (Grade Band Meeting Oct 16,2002)

History	Geography
Unit 2 Chap 4 Coastal People Chap 5 Plateau People Chap 6 The Explorers Come Chap 7 Fur Trading Days Chap 8 Across the Oregon Trail Chap 9 Washington Pioneers Chap 10 Railroads Bring Growth and Change Chap 11 Washington Becomes a State Chap 12 Washington State: The First 50 Years Chap 13 The Modern Period Rand McNally – Activities 13-22 (Pages 87-105) Activities 26-28 (Pages 113-117)	Unit 1 Chap 1 Where in the World is Washington? Chap 2 What Kind of Place is Washington? Chap 3 The History of the Land. Rand McNally – Activities 1,2,3,4,5 (Pages 63 – 71) Use Desk Maps
Civics	Economics
Unit 3 Chap 14 Government Then and Now Chap 15 Government in Washington State Rand McNally Activity 23 (pg 107)	You will find information about Economics in Chapters 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16. Rand McNally Activities 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25.

History	Geography
Timelines Mini reports Biography reports Field Trips: Capital visit Integrate history into reading informational text Vocabulary words from each chapter – integrate into spelling	Pull down maps of Washington Integrate during Reading Time Writing activities in the Teachers Edition. Integrate “History on Land” (Chap 3) with Science unit on Volcanoes Maps wipe off
Civics	Economics
Writing letters to government officials Use newspaper Math – Sales Tax Research Nellie Blye – Link to Literature Autobiographies Guest speaker from the community	State brochures about economics in different regions of Washington Integrate Investigations Money, Miles and Large Numbers