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Student Learning Map Revised 1/17/14 Grade/Course 4th Grade/Social Studies Unit: Civics and Government

Lesson Topic 1: Rule of Law

Lesson Topic 2: Laws and Government

Lesson Topic 3: Principles and Ideals

Lesson Topic 4: Documents and Ideals

Lesson Topic 5: Symbols

Unit Essential Question: How do we describe how principles and documents of government are used?

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the school rules and consequences? (5.1.4.A)

Vocabulary Law Rules Consequences

Key Learning: Principles and Documents of Government

Vocabulary Community

Vocabulary Liberty/Freedom Democracy Justice Equality Principles Ideals

Vocabulary -Declaration of Independence -U.S. Constitution -Bill of Rights -PA Constitution

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the rules and laws of the classroom, school, community and state? (5.1.4.B)

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the ideas and laws the form local government? (5.1.4.C)

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the main ideas about government found in important documents? (5.1.4.D)

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the state symbols, national symbols, and national holidays? (5.1.4.F)

Vocabulary Symbol Holiday


Lesson Topic 1: Rights and Responsibilities

Lesson Topic 2: Conflict and Resolution

Lesson Topic 3: Leadership and Public Service

Lesson Topic 4: Citizens

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Unit Essential Question: What are the rights and responsibilities of citizenship?

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are your rights and needs and the rights and needs of others in the classroom, school, and community? (5.2.4.A)

Vocabulary Rights Needs

Key Learning: Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship

Vocabulary Conflict Resolution Disagreement Source

Vocabulary Leadership Public Service

Vocabulary Citizens Participate

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How do arguments start? How can these arguments be settled or solved? (5.2.4.B)

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. Who are the leaders of public service in school, community, state, and the nation and what do they do? (5.2.4.C)

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How are people involved in school and community activities? (5.2.4.D)

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Lesson Topic 6: Conflict and the Court System

Lesson Topic 7: Interests Groups

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Unit Essential Question: How do we describe the workings of government?

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How can different people’s attitudes and points of view lead to conflict? (5.3.4.F)

Vocabulary Perspectives Concept

Key Learning: How Government Works (continued)

Vocabulary Interests

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Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How are people influenced by the wants or needs of others? (5.3.4.G)




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Lesson Topic 1: Branches of Government

Lesson Topic 2: Operations of Government

Lesson Topic 3: Government Services

Lesson Topic 4: Leadership and Elections

Lesson Topic 5: Election Process

Unit Essential Question: How do we describe the workings of government?

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the roles of the three branches of government? (5.3.4.A)

Vocabulary Branches of Gov. Executive Legislative Judicial

Key Learning: How Government Works

Vocabulary Representative

Vocabulary Government Services

Vocabulary Authority Election

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How does the government and leaders in the government help in making local and state laws? (5.3.4.B)

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What do local and state governments do for the public? (5.3.4.C)

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. Who are the leaders at the local and state, and national level? (5.3.4.D)

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How can we explain the voting process? (5.3.4.F)

Vocabulary Voting Election

Student Learning Map Revised 1/17/14 Grade/Course 4th Grade/Social Studies Unit: Economics

Lesson Topic 1: Scarcity and Choice

Lesson Topic 2: Limited Resources

Lesson Topic 3: Opportunity Costs

Lesson Topic 4: Incentives and Choice

Lesson Topic 5:

Unit Essential Question: How do we describe scarcity and choice?

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How do resources in a community go away? What do we do when resources are running low? (6.1.4.A)

Vocabulary Scarcity Resources

Key Learning: Scarcity and Choice

Vocabulary Needs Wants Producers Goods Services

Vocabulary Organizations Choice

Vocabulary Influence

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the differences between basic needs and wants? 2. How do producers make goods and provide services? (6.1.4.B)

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How can we show what people or groups give up when making choices? (6.1.4.C)

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How can we explain why people make the choices they make? (6.1.4.D)


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Lesson Topic 6: Private Institutions

Lesson Topic 7: Economic Systems

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Unit Essential Question: What are markets and economic systems and how do they work?

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the roles of banks in the community? (6.2.4.F)

Vocabulary Private Institution

Key Learning: Markets and Economics Systems (continued)

Vocabulary Economic System

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Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the three questions all systems of economy must answer? -What to produce? -How? -For whom? (6.2.4.G)




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Lesson Topic 1: Goods and Services

Lesson Topic 2: Market Competition

Lesson Topic 3: Advertising and Media

Lesson Topic 4: Price Determination

Lesson Topic 5: Economic Health

Unit Essential Question: What are markets and economic systems and how do they work?

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How does a product go from being made to being sold? (6.2.4.A)

Vocabulary Product Production Consumption

Key Learning: Markets and Economic Systems

Vocabulary Market Sellers Competition

Vocabulary Differentiate Monetary Incentives Advertising

Vocabulary Buyers Sellers Prices Products

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How do companies that sell products compete with each other? (6.2.4.B)

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What do companies gain by advertising their products? (6.2.4.C)

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How are prices affected by the people who buy and the people who sell the products? (6.2.4.D)

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. Why do local businesses open and close? (6.2.4.E)

Vocabulary Business


Lesson Topic 1: Goods and Services

Lesson Topic 2: Government Involvement

Lesson Topic 3: Taxation

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Unit Essential Question: What are the functions of government in economics?

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How does the government help with the needs of the people? What goods and services do they give? (6.3.4.A)

Vocabulary Social Needs Goods and Services

Key Learning: Functions of Government

Vocabulary Economic

Vocabulary Tax Revenue

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Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What does government do to help state and national economic systems? (6.3.4.B)

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How does the money raised by taxes help the community? (6.3.4.C)



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Lesson Topic 1: Specialization

Lesson Topic 2: Trade

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Unit Essential Question: What is economic interdependence?

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What is specialization? Why does it happen? (6.4.4.A)

Vocabulary Interdependence Specialization Labor

Key Learning: Economic Interdependence

Vocabulary Trade

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Lesson Essential Questions: 1. Why does one country trade with another? (6.4.4.B)




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Lesson Topic 1: Labor Productivity

Lesson Topic 2: Costs and Benefits of Saving

Lesson Topic 3: Interest Rates

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Unit Essential Question: What are income, profit, and wealth in economics?

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the basic needs for a job or a career? (6.5.4.B)

Vocabulary Careers Occupations

Key Learning: Income, Profit, and Wealth

Vocabulary Savings

Vocabulary Interest Rates Banking

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Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the different ways people save money or goods? (6.5.4.G)

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How does the banking system work? (6.5.4.H)



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Student Learning Map Revised 1/17/14 Grade/Course 4th Grade/Social Studies Unit: Geography

Lesson Topic 1: Geographic Tools

Lesson Topic 2: Location of Places and Regions

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Unit Essential Question: How can we acquire basic geographic literacy?

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the common geographic tools? How are they used to find information about people, places, and the environment? (7.1.4.A)

Vocabulary Geographic Tools Environment Organize Interpret

Key Learning: Basic Geographic Literacy

Vocabulary Places Regions Features

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Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How can we describe and find places and regions? (7.1.4.B)




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Lesson Topic 1: Physical Characteristics

Lesson Topic 2: Physical Processes

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Unit Essential Question: What are the physical characteristics of place and regions?

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the physical characteristics of places and regions? (7.2.4.A)

Vocabulary Places Regions Phys. Characteristics

Key Learning: Physical Characteristics of Places and Regions

Vocabulary Places Regions Phys. Processes

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Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What affects and causes physical characteristics of places and regions? (7.2.4.B)




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Lesson Topic 1: Human Characteristics

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Unit Essential Question: What are the human characteristics of place and regions?

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are human characteristics of places and regions? (7.3.4.A)

Vocabulary Be sure to cover… Population Culture Settlement Economic Activities Political Activities

Key Learning: Human Characteristics of Places and Regions

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Lesson Topic 1: Impact of Physical Systems

Lesson Topic 2: Impact of People

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Unit Essential Question: What are the interactions between people and the environment?

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What is a physical system? How do these systems affect the people in the community? (7.4.4.A)

Vocabulary Effect Physical System Community

Key Learning: Interactions Between People and the Environment

Vocabulary Effect Physical System Community

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Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How do people affect the physical systems in a community? (7.4.4.B)




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Student Learning Map Revised 1/17/14 Grade/Course 4th Grade/Social Studies Unit: History

Lesson Topic 1: Continuity and Change Over Time

Lesson Topic 2: Fact/Opinion and P.O.V.

Lesson Topic 3: Research

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Unit Essential Question: How can we use historical analysis and skills development to learn about

Pennsylvania, U.S., and World history?

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How does geography and climate change places over time? (8.1.4.A)

Vocabulary Geography Continuity Influence Climate

Key Learning: Historical Analysis and Skills Development

Vocabulary Fact Opinion Primary Source Points of View

Vocabulary Research Topic

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Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How can we tell the difference between fact and opinion? What is a point of view and a primary source? (8.1.4.B)

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How do we research a specific topic? (8.1.4.C)



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Student Learning Map Revised 1/17/14 Grade/Course 4th Grade/Social Studies Unit: History

Lesson Topic 1: Individuals and Groups

Lesson Topic 2: Documents, Artifacts, and Places

Lesson Topic 3: Continuity and Change

Lesson Topic 4: Conflict and Cooperation

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Unit Essential Question: What is the history of Pennsylvania?

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the differences between the social, political, cultural, and economic groups from PA? (8.2.4.A)

Vocabulary Differentiate Characteristics Social Political Cultural Economic

Key Learning: Pennsylvania History

Vocabulary Hist. Documents Artifacts

Vocabulary Be sure to cover… Belief systems and Religions Commerce and Industry Technology Politics and Gov. Phys. and Human Geography Social Organizations

Vocabulary Be sure to cover… Ethnicity/Race Working Conditions Immigration Military Conflict Economic Stability

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the historical documents and places that are important to PA history? (8.2.4.B)

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How has changing and not changing in PA affected groups of people and the communities? (8.2.4.C)

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the differences and similarities of groups that have affected PA history? (8.2.4.D)


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Student Learning Map Revised 1/17/14

Grade/Course 4th Grade/Social Studies Unit: History





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Unit Essential Question: What is the history of the United States?

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the differences between the social, political, cultural, and economic groups in the US? (8.3.4.A)


Key Learning: United States History




Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the historical documents and places that are important to US history? (8.3.4.B)

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How has changing and not changing in the US affected groups of people and the communities? (8.3.4.C)

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the differences and similarities of groups that have affected US history? (8.3.4.D)


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Student Learning Map Revised 1/17/14

Grade/Course 4th Grade/Social Studies Unit: History





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Unit Essential Question: What is the history of the World?

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the differences between the social, political, cultural, and economic groups in the world? (8.4.4.A)


Key Learning: World History




Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the historical documents and places that are important to world history? (8.4.4.B)

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How has changing and not changing in the world affected groups of people and the communities? (8.4.4.C)

Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the differences and similarities of groups that have affected world history? (8.4.4.D)


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