Voyages in Fourth Grade Social Studies - Student Edition

Voyages in Fourth Grade Social Studies - Student Edition: 357 pages. Voyages in Fourth Grade Social Studies allows students to explore concepts about the world through a Historians and Geographers lens and learn concepts in geography, civics and government, and economics.120 Lessons.

SAMPLE TABLE OF CONTENTS (PARTIAL):

Lesson 1 Let's Begin!
Objectives: Students will identify the questions that historians ask in examining the
past: What happened? Who was involved? How and why did it happen?
Lesson 2 The Historian
Objectives: Students will continue utilizing questions Historians ask.
Lesson 3 The Questions a Historian Asks
Objectives: Students will explore the “Big Idea”, how historical information is
discovered and written.
Lesson 4 The Geographer
Objectives: Geography is the study of the Earth; Geographers use five themes to
organize information: location, place, human/environment interactions, movement, and
region. Where is it? What is it like there? How is it connected to other places?
Lesson 5 Other Ways to Locate a Place
Objectives: Many locations on the earth are marked by the locations unique features
which make it different from other locations.
Lesson 6 Landforms and Points of Interest
of the Midwest
Objectives: Students will learn the landforms of the Midwest .
Lesson 7 Human Characteristics of the Midwest
Objectives: Students will learn characteristics of the Midwest .
Lesson 8 The Eastern Region
Objectives: The students will learn about the resources and differing climates of the
Northeast region of the United States.
Lesson 9 The Western Region
Objectives: Students respond to questions in regards to a region of the United States .
Lesson 10 Think Like an Economist
Objectives: Students will learn what a social economist studies.
Lesson 11 Look at one State’s Economy
Objectives: Students will answer questions in regards to the economy of one of the
states.
Lesson 12 Economics…Money
Objectives: Students will think like an economist.
Lesson 13 Make Your Choices Carefully!
Objectives: Students will learn more about our economy.
Lesson 14 Economic Ups and Downs
Objectives: Students will learn how the economy can go up and down; be strong or
weak.
Lesson 15 Some Facts about our Economy
Objectives: Students will analyze an economic chart.
Lesson 16 Political Scientists
Objectives: Students will learn that Political scientists study government and how
people interact with them.
Lesson 17 Branches of the Government
Objectives: Students will learn the government system for exercising power, authority
and regulating people at the state level.
Lesson 18 Bill of Rights: First Amendment
Objectives: Students will learn about The Bill of Rights and the ten amendments.
Lesson 19 Core Democratic Values
Objectives: Students will learn the Core Democratic Values which teach the rights and
duties of citizens.
Lesson 20 Review of the Historian
Objectives: Students will review what questions a Historian would ask to learn about
the history of a place or people.
Lesson 21 Assessing: Historian
Objectives: The students will be assessed on their understanding of the work of a
Historian.
Lesson 22 Review Geographer
Objectives: Students learn about the research a geographer does to learn about the
surface of the earth.
Lesson 23 Geographer
Objectives: Students will be assessed on their understanding of the work of a
geographer.
Lesson 24 Review Economist
Objectives: Students will review what they have learned about Economics and
Economists.
Lesson 26 Review: Social Scientist
Objectives: Students review the questions that a scientist would ask to discover the
social interaction of people in different areas.
Lesson 27 Assessment: Political Scientist
Objectives: Students will demonstrate their knowledge of what political scientists study.
Lesson 28 Symbols of the U. S. Government
Objectives: Students will learn about prominent symbols in the United States.