4th Grade Social Studies - Google Docs


Link to Google Doc on Social Studies Grade 4

Utah Core Standards - Social Studies 4th Grade

 Standard 1
Students will understand the relationship between the physical geography in Utah and human life.

 Objective 1
Classify major physical geographic attributes of Utah.

 Identify Utah's latitude, longitude, hemisphere, climate, natural resources, landforms, and regions using a variety of geographic tools.

Examine the forces at work in creating the physical geography of Utah (e.g. erosion, seismic activity, climate change).

Objective 2
Analyze how physical geography affects human life in Utah.

 Identify population concentrations in the state and infer causal relationships between population and physical geography.

Classify the distribution and use of natural resources.

Compare the development of industry and business in Utah as it relates to its physical geography (e.g. mining, oil, agriculture, tourism).

Make inferences about the relationships between the physical geography of Utah and the state's communication and transportation systems (e.g. trails, roads, telegraph, rail lines).

Examine the interactions between physical geography and public health and safety (e.g. inversions, earthquakes, flooding, fire).

Explain how archaeology informs about the past (e.g. artifacts, ruins, excavations).

Utah Ed Tech Standard 6
Use telecommunications efficiently and effectively to access remote information and communicate with others in support of direct and independent learning and for pursuit of personal interests.
(The Student will search the Internet and google earth to help identify high density populations and geographic features that are or are not present in these locations)

ISTE Standards 3
Knowledge Constructor
Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.
     (Students will use different web based searches to help identify accurate information that relates to this Social Studies topic.  They may have the use of Google Earth, Google Maps, US Geological surveys, or any other mapping media that they are aware of.  The following web address ending are suggest for accurate information: .edu, .gov, and know academic sites.)

Reflection:  I am beginning to come together with more comprehensive ideas, so that my assignments match the education standards more closely.  Every assignment helps me better relate the Core Standards, Tech Standards and ISTE Standards.  For this assignment I found that using Google Docs is becoming much easier for me.  I enjoyed looking up the links for my students to use in order to complete the document that I have created.  I have provided information for them as well as links to additional resources.  I am learning things that I would not have learned if I did not take this class.  There are an infinite number of resources out there for looking up facts.  You must always double check your facts to ensure for accuracy.  Students will learn from in class discussion on the highlights of Utah.  following a discussion students will use the Google doc to research on their own to answer the questions provided.  They will critical think in order to come up with how Utah came to be the way it is through research of how our state looks now and what caused it to change.

 By Justin Williams


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