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Grade 4 Social Studies
Unit 1: Map Skills - Examining the World and the United States Activity 1: Assessment of Prior General Social Studies Knowledge
CC: Have students make a web in their journals with the term Social Studies in the middle. Give students about 8 minutes to record anything they can remember about what they have learned in social studies in the past years. Use MS Word to create a web for small group brainstorming. Word template - "Test Your Knowledge" CC: When time is called, gather the group together to discuss findings and to sort the information into the four strands of social studies: economics, history, geography, and civics. Generate a list for each strand and provide a definition for each strand. Students then begin to sort the information from their webs into one of those categories. As volunteers from each group share the ideas, the class decides in what strand(s) the information belongs. This process should continue until each group has shared and categorized their prior learning. These charts/posters should be posted for reference by the students/teacher. Use MS Word or Inspiration software to create a chart of the four strands of social studies. Word template - "Four Strands of Social Studies" Inspiration template - "Four Strands of Social Studies"
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