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4th grade · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 6

Issues in Our World

Climate, choices and working together

What your child practices

Practices how climate change and human choices affect places from local to global, how to investigate a world issue with questions, sources and timelines, and how groups build consensus and elected leaders respond.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 4.3.16.1; 4.4.18.1; 4.4.21.1; 4.1.1.1; 4.1.4.1 · how climate and human choices affect places, investigating a contemporary issue, and consensus and elected leaders

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Climate change and human choices affect places from local to global.
  2. Melting glaciers make sea levels rise. Parks protect wildlife habitats.
  3. Countries work together on world problems through groups like the United Nations.

Example: What happens to sea levels when glaciers melt? Melting ice turns into water. That water flows into the oceans. Answer: they rise

Issues in Our World in Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 6 of 6 in 4th grade Social Studies, after People on the Move.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    When a drought hits, farmers may…

    • grow more food easily
    • grow less food
    • have too much water
    • plant rice

  2. Question 2

    People who live on low islands worry most about…

    • too much snow
    • dry deserts
    • rising seas
    • volcanoes erupting on the moon

  3. Question 3

    Comparing two sources about an issue helps you…

    • see different points of view
    • skip reading
    • find a single answer fast
    • always agree

  4. Question 4

    A timeline helps us understand an issue by showing…

    • a map of streets
    • a recipe
    • the order of events
    • only the weather

  5. Question 5

    Which is a global issue today?

    • Clean water for everyone
    • A broken pencil
    • A school bell
    • Choosing a lunch

  6. Question 6

    Leaders who are elected work for the people by…

    • only playing sports
    • making decisions and laws for their community
    • ignoring voters
    • running businesses for themselves

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