African American History
The child meets African Americans whose courage, ideas and work shaped the United States, follows their story from African homelands and slavery to freedom, civil rights and today, and explains why the country remembers…
Grade 4 Social Studies
Grade 4 Social Studies encompasses state history and geography, regional cultures, colonial America, economic systems, and citizenship responsibilities.
Grade 4 Social Studies topics
Earning, Spending and Saving Money
The child learns that people earn money by working and use it to buy goods and services, chooses between spending, saving and sharing, saves for a goal with a simple plan and keeps money safe.
Explorers and Reformers
The child finds out why sailors set out to find new sea routes, what happened when Europeans met the peoples of the Americas, Africa and Asia, and how printing, new art and new ideas about the Church changed Europe.
Latitude, Longitude and Time Zones
The child locates places with latitude and longitude, names the tropics and polar circles, and explains why the time differs around the world.
Levels of Government
The child explains what governments do, who makes, carries out and judges laws in the town, the state and the nation, names the three branches and their leaders, and says how leaders are chosen.
Resources and Trade
The child names the natural, human and capital resources used to make goods and services, explains why people and places specialise and trade, and weighs a choice by what is given up.
Maya, Aztec and Inca
The learner describes the Maya, Aztec and Inca states and the diversity of other Indigenous peoples of the Americas, including those of present-day Brazil, and their achievements.
US States, Capitals and Regions
The child names and finds the five regions of the United States, the 50 states and their capitals, Washington, D.C. and the US territories, and describes what makes each region different.
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