** EVERYONE NEEDS A THREE RING BINDER FOR SOCIAL STUDIES. CLASS NOTES, STUDY GUIDES, AND GRAPHIC ORGNIZERS SHOULD BE KEPT IN THE STUDENT’S NOTEBOOK.

4^th Grade Schedule

7:55- 9:00 1^st Period

9:05- 9:55 Connection

9:55- 11:00 2^nd Period

11:00- 11:30 Lunch

11:35- 11:50 Break/Lockers

11:55- 1:00 3^rd Period

1:00- 2:00 CAMP

2:05- 3:05 4^th Period

Important Dates

September 23 Early Dismissal

October 21 Parent Conferences/ Early Dismissal

October 22 Early Dismissal

October 23 Fall Break

November 23-27 Thanksgiving Holidays

December 21- January 1: Christmas Break

January 5: First Day After Holidays

January 18: King Holiday

February 10 Parent Conferences/Early Dismissal

February 11 Early Dismissal

February 12 Student Holiday

February 15 President’s Day

March 26 Early Dismissal

March 29- April 2 Spring Break

April 15-27 CRCT Testing

May 31 Memorial Day Holiday

Social Studies Units

Unit 1: Geography Skills

Atlantic Coastal Plain

Great Plains

Continental Divide

Great Basin

Death Valley

Gulf of Mexico

St. Lawrence River

Great Lakes

Unit 2: Native Americans

Inuit (Arctic)

Kwakiutl (Northwest)

Nez Perce (Plateau)

Hopi (Southwest)

Pawnee (Plains)

Seminole (Southeast)

Unit 3: European Exploration in North America

John Cabot

Vasco Nunez Balboa

Juan Ponce de Leon

Christopher Columbus

Henry Hudson

Jacques Cartier

Unit 4: Colonial America

New England

Mid- Atlantic

Southern

Unit 5: American Revolution

Unit 6: Articles of Confederation

The Great Compromise Congress

Constitutional Convention

Bill of Rights

War of 1812

Unit 7: Our American Government

Three Branches of Government

Legislative

Executive

Judicial

Constitution

Checks and Balances

Unit 8: Economics