Indiana plants and animals--4.G.5

Explain the importance of the Revolutionary War and other key events and people that influenced the development of Indiana as a state. (E)

 4.H.4

 Summarize and explain the significance of key documents in Indiana’s development from a United States territory to statehood.

4.G.1

 Estimate distances between two places on a map when referring to relative locations. (E)

4.G.6

 Identify the challenges in the physical landscape of Indiana to early settlers and modern day economic development. 

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time. [Clarification Statement: Examples of evidence from patterns could include rock layers 

4-ESS-2-1

Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.

4-ESS-2-2

Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.  

4.G.4: Explain how glaciers shaped Indiana’s landscape and environment.

4.G.5: Describe Indiana’s landforms (lithosphere), water features (hydrosphere), and plants and animals (biosphere).

4.G.6: Identify the challenges in the physical landscape of Indiana to early settlers and modern day economic development.

Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment

4-ESS-3-2

Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans

Create and interpret timelines that show relationships among people, events, and movements in the history of Indiana.

4.H.10 Describe the transformation of Indiana through immigration and developments in agriculture, industry, and transportation

4.H.11 Identify and describe important events and movements that changed life in Indiana from the mid-twentieth century to the present.

Students will rotate to all six classes over the two day period.

Explain the major purposes of Indiana’s Constitution, as stated in the Preamble. (E) 

4.C.2 

Describe individual rights, such as freedom of speech and freedom of religion, which people have under Article I of Indiana’s Constitution. (E)

4.C.3 

Identify and explain the major responsibilities of the legislative (Article 4), executive (Article 5), and judicial branches (Article 7) of state government as written in the Indiana Constitution. (E) 

4.C.4 

Identify major state offices, the duties and powers associated with them, and how they are chosen, such as by election or appointment. ● Examples: governor, lieut cenant governor, chief justice, state senators, state representatives. 

4.C.5

Give examples of how citizens can participate in their state government and explain the right and responsibility of voting.

4.C.6

Use a variety of resources to take a position or recommend a course of action on a public issue relating to Indiana’s past or present. 

Examples: Use local, state, and federal online resources, as well as newspapers, television, and video images, to research and write an editorial related to Indiana’s environment. 

4.G.6

Identify the challenges in the physical landscape of Indiana to early settlers and modern day economic development.

Examples: forest growth, historic and modern transportation routes, bodies of water.

4.G.7

Explain the importance of major transportation routes in the exploration, settlement, and growth of Indiana and in the state’s location as a crossroad of America. (E) 

Examples: Lake Michigan and its tributaries, Wabash River, canals, Buffalo Trace, roadways, interstates.  

4.G.8

Identify immigration patterns into and out of the state, and describe the impact diverse ethnic/native/cultural groups have had and currently have on Indiana. 

Examples: E pluribus unum (out of many, one); Ellis Island was opened (January 1, 1892) during the administration of President Benjamin Harrison (only Indiana-born president).

4.E.4

List the functions of money, and compare and contrast things that have been used as money in the past in Indiana, the United States, and the world.

4.H.5

Explain the roles of various individuals, groups, and movements in the social conflicts leading to the Civil War. (E) 

Examples: Levi and Catherin Coffin, abolition and anti-slavery groups, the Underground Railroad, the Liberia colonization movement.

Explain the major purposes of Indiana’s Constitution, as stated in the Preamble. (E) 

4.C.2 

Describe individual rights, such as freedom of speech and freedom of religion, which people have under Article I of Indiana’s Constitution. (E)

4.C.3 

Identify and explain the major responsibilities of the legislative (Article 4), executive (Article 5), and judicial branches (Article 7) of state government as written in the Indiana Constitution. (E) 

4.C.4 

Identify major state offices, the duties and powers associated with them, and how they are chosen, such as by election or appointment. ● Examples: governor, lieut cenant governor, chief justice, state senators, state representatives. 

4.C.5

Give examples of how citizens can participate in their state government and explain the right and responsibility of voting.

4.C.6

Use a variety of resources to take a position or recommend a course of action on a public issue relating to Indiana’s past or present. 

Examples: Use local, state, and federal online resources, as well as newspapers, television, and video images, to research and write an editorial related to Indiana’s environment. 

4.G.6

Identify the challenges in the physical landscape of Indiana to early settlers and modern day economic development.

Examples: forest growth, historic and modern transportation routes, bodies of water.

4.G.7

Explain the importance of major transportation routes in the exploration, settlement, and growth of Indiana and in the state’s location as a crossroad of America. (E) 

Examples: Lake Michigan and its tributaries, Wabash River, canals, Buffalo Trace, roadways, interstates.  

4.G.8

Identify immigration patterns into and out of the state, and describe the impact diverse ethnic/native/cultural groups have had and currently have on Indiana. 

Examples: E pluribus unum (out of many, one); Ellis Island was opened (January 1, 1892) during the administration of President Benjamin Harrison (only Indiana-born president).

4.E.4

List the functions of money, and compare and contrast things that have been used as money in the past in Indiana, the United States, and the world.

4.H.5

Explain the roles of various individuals, groups, and movements in the social conflicts leading to the Civil War. (E) 

Examples: Levi and Catherin Coffin, abolition and anti-slavery groups, the Underground Railroad, the Liberia colonization movement.

 Measure length to the nearest quarter-inch, eighth-inch, and millimeter. (E)

DM.1 

Determine appropriate measurement tools to perform measurements, calculations, and conversions (e.g., fractions, decimals, pounds, perimeter, area, kilograms to grams) defined in grade level content standards to analyze real-world scenarios

3-5.IC.3: 

Critique computing technologies that have changed the world. Analyze how those technologies influence and/or are influenced by cultural practices and societal biases.

STEM:

4.IPS.2: 

Decompose a complex problem into smaller steps or sequences to evaluate (e.g., what should be done first, second).

3-5.IC.3: 

Critique computing technologies that have changed the world. Analyze how those technologies influence and/or are influenced by cultural practices and societal biases.

STEM:

4.IPS.2: 

Decompose a complex problem into smaller steps or sequences to evaluate (e.g., what should be done first, second).