🌎 4th grade Social Studies

Units

1. Unit 1

   🏔️Washington's Land

   Practices Washington's physical and political geography: the capital and largest cities, the Cascade and Olympic Mountains, volcanoes, the Columbia and Snake Rivers, Puget Sound, neighboring states, counties and how the land shaped where people settled and traveled.

   Learning standard: G1.4.2; G2.4.1 · physical, political and cultural characteristics of the Pacific Northwest and how geography influenced movement

2. Unit 2

   🧭Maps & Movement

   Practices latitude and longitude, map scales, thematic maps, Washington's regions and maps that show how people moved, from Tribal trade routes to the Oregon Trail and railroads.

   Learning standard: G1.4.1; G1.4.2; G2.4.2 · using maps to explain the movement of people and the regions of the Pacific Northwest

3. Unit 3

   🏛️Washington's Government

   Practices the three branches of Washington's government, the Legislature (Senate and House), the governor, the Supreme Court, the 1889 constitution and its Declaration of Rights, local, state and Tribal government, taxes and ways citizens take part.

   Learning standard: C1.4.2; C1.4.3; C1.4.5; C2.4.1; C2.4.2; C2.4.3; C4.4.1; C4.4.2; E3.4.1 · the Washington constitution and rights, the branches and levels of government, civic participation and taxes

4. Unit 4

   🗳️Rights, Virtues & Taking Part

   Practices civic virtues and democratic principles, deciding fairly as a group, unity and diversity in Washington, rights and responsibilities, and ways citizens influence state government, such as voting, petitions and testifying.

   Learning standard: C1.4.1; C1.4.3; C1.4.4; C2.4.3; C4.4.1; C4.4.2 · civic virtues and democratic principles, group decisions, unity and diversity, and influencing state government

5. Unit 5

   🤝Tribal Sovereignty & Treaties

   Practices what Tribal sovereignty means, that the 29 federally recognized Tribes in Washington are nations with their own governments, the treaties of 1854 and 1855 and the rights Tribes reserved, the Boldt Decision and the Centennial Accord. Follows Washington's Since Time Immemorial curriculum. The content is light and never treats all Tribes as one.

   Learning standard: C3.4.1; C3.4.2; C3.4.3; C3.4.4; C3.4.5; C4.4.3; C4.4.4 · Tribal sovereignty, nation-to-nation relationships, treaties and Tribal government

6. Unit 6

   📜Washington History to 1889

   Practices the eras of Washington history: Tribes since time immemorial, exploration, the fur trade, the Oregon Trail, Washington Territory, treaties, railroads and statehood in 1889, plus why people saw events differently.

   Learning standard: H1.4.1; H1.4.2; H1.4.3; H3.4.1; H3.4.3; H3.4.4 · eras of Washington history to 1889 and the different perspectives of Native and non-Native people

7. Unit 7

   🍎Washington's Economy

   Practices Washington's economy: farming, aerospace, technology, timber, fishing and tourism, hydroelectric dams and irrigation, ports and trade across the Pacific, Tribal economies, human and physical capital, and inflation and deflation.

   Learning standard: E2.4.1; E2.4.2; E2.4.3; E2.4.4; E2.4.5; E3.4.2; E4.4.1; E4.4.3; G3.4.1 · Washington's economy, resources, specialization and trade in the Pacific Northwest

8. Unit 8

   🧑‍🤝‍🧑People Who Shaped Washington

   Practices how people from many cultural groups shaped Washington, why people moved here and what it cost them, how technology such as railroads changed lives, and how to compare primary and secondary sources.

   Learning standard: E1.4.1; H2.4.1; H2.4.2; H2.4.3; H4.4.3 · people and groups who shaped Washington, the costs and benefits of moving, technology and historical sources