Social Studies

FOURTH GRADE - THE HISTORY OF AMERICA (TO 1850)

Fourth grade students will: 

  • Learn about native civilizations in North America, European explorations to the New World during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and the political, economic, and social development of the British colonies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
  • Study the early development of democratic institutions, including the ideas and events that led to the independence of the original thirteen colonies and the formation of a national government under the Constitution. 
  • Examine the history of Tennessee parallel to the development of the United States and how our state impacted our nation and the world.
  • Utilize and analyze primary source documents, geographic tools, and research.

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Age of Exploration 

Students will complete a project for the Explorers unit.  You can download information here:
Fakebook Template
Fakebook Project 2016 directions
You can use any picture for project. These can be downloaded from the internet or hand drawn if you choose. Below is a link for some of the explorers that we have studied:
Fakebook Explorer picture sample
Below are the standards for the Explorers Unit

Age of Exploration (15th-16th Centuries)-State Standards

Students trace the routes of early explorers and describe the early explorations of the Americas. 

4.4 Trace the routes of early explorers and describe the early explorations of the Americas, including: (C, E, G, H, P, TN)

                          Christopher Columbus 
                          Ferdinand Magellan 
                          Amerigo Vespucci                                                
                          Robert de La Salle 
                          Hernando de Soto 
                          Henry Hudson 
                          Jacques Cartier 


Here are some of the information sheets that were given out in class and should have been included in the interactive notebook: please note that this are just pictures that I upload of the actual sheets given out in class.  They are in pdf form and for informational purposes only.  



4.5 Analyze the impact of exploration and settlement on the indigenous peoples and the environment, including military campaigns, Columbian Exchange, and European agricultural practices. (C, G) 

4.6 Create a graphic organizer identifying the five different countries (France, Spain, Portugal, England, and the Netherlands) that influenced different regions of the present United States at the time the New World was being explored, and describe how their influence can be traced to place names. (G) Settling the Coloni






Settling the Colonies to the 1700s-State Standards


 Students describe the cooperation and conflict that existed among American Indians and between the Indian nations and the new settlers. Students understand the political, religious, social, and economic institutions that evolved in the colonial era. 

 Here is a great link with some good resources to help you better understand this time period:  http://mrnussbaum.com/13-colonies/
  • 4.7 Summarize the failure of the lost colony of Roanoke and theorize what happened. (G, H) 

Here is a great link about Jamestown: http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/
  • 4.8 Describe the early competition between European nations for control of North America and locate the colonization efforts of the English, Dutch, French, and Spanish on a map. (E, G, H, P) 
  • 4.9 Compare and contrast the differing views of American Indians and colonists on ownership or use of land and the conflicts between them, including the Pequot and King Philip’s Wars in New England. (G, P) 
  • 4.10 Explain the cooperation that existed between the colonists and American Indians during the 1600s and 1700s, including fur trade, military alliances, treaties, and cultural interchanges. (G, P) 4.11 Describe the conflicts between Indian nations, including the competing claims for control of land and actions of the Iroquois and Huron. (G, P) 
  • 4.12 Analyze the factors that led to the defeat of the American Indians, including the resistance of Indian nations to encroachment and the effects on native culture. (C, H, P) 
  • 4.13 Locate the first 13 colonies and explain how their location and geographic features influenced their development and settlement patterns. (G) 
Here is a link to help you practice locating the colonies: http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/colonies_nl.pdf

photo credit: www.watertown.k12.ma.us

Here is another link that might help you understand the geographical location of the colonies: http://mrnussbaum.com/southern-colonies-printable-map/

Primary Documents and Supporting Texts to Read: Excerpts from John Smith’s Starving Time, excerpts from Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation 
Primary Documents and Supporting Texts to Consider: excerpts from the Mayflower Compact; excerpts from the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut




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