4th Grade - Lynchburg City Schools

Lynchburg City Schools Fourth Grade Virginia Studies Pacing Guide
2013-2014
GRADING PERIOD: Ongoing
SOL / Enabling Objectives
Resources
Lessons
VS.1 The student will demonstrate skills for historical and geographical
analysis and responsible citizenship, including the ability to
a)
identify and interpret artifacts and primary and secondary
source documents to understand events in history;
b) determine cause-and-effect relationships;
c)
compare and contrast historical events;
d) draw conclusions and make generalizations;
e)
make connections between past and present;
f)
sequence events in Virginia history;
g)
interpret ideas and events from different historical perspectives;
h) evaluate and discuss issues orally and in writing;
i)
analyze and interpret maps to explain relationships among
landforms, water features, climatic characteristics, and historical
events.
HMH Textbook
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 6
HMH Electronic
Interactive
Presentations CDROM
Activities
Virginia Maps
Scott Foresman
Activities
Assessments
Time
Frame
Technology
Relationship
building
activities
Ongoing
throughout
the year
Virginia Trekkers
SOLPass
Study Island
HMH Leveled
Readers
Reading Focus
Skills
Transparencies
HMH TimeLInk
Events Card
The Virginia Studies Curriculum Documents can be accessed through these links:
Curriculum Framework, Virginia Studies Standards, Scope and Sequence Activities; SOL Blueprint; Released Test Items Teacher Direct
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Lynchburg City Schools Fourth Grade Virginia Studies Pacing Guide
2013-2014
GRADING PERIOD: 1st Nine Weeks
SOL / Enabling Objectives
Resources
Lessons
Relationship Building
VS. 2 The Students will demonstrate knowledge of the physical
geography and native peoples, past and present, of Virginia by
Unit 1 Lessons 1-3
a) locating Virginia and its bordering states on maps of the United States
b) locating and describing Virginia’s Coastal Plain (Tidewater), Piedmont,
Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau.
c) locating and identifying water features important to the early history of
Virginia (Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, James River, York River,
Potomac River, Rappahannock River, and Lake Drummond and the Dismal
Swamp)
Assessments
Activities
My Personal
Timeline
Getting to Know
Each Other
Virginia Games
and Activities
Technology
Learning Style
Inventories
Virginia Maps
VS 2 Native
American
Geography
Scott Foresman
Activities
Scope and
Sequence (ESS)
p. 1-31
(see link below)
1st Nine
weeks\VS 2
Geography
Time
Frame
Week 1
Teacher Made
Assessments
Week 1
HMH
Assessments
Week 2
Week 3 & 4
Scope and
Sequence (ESS)
Attachment N
p. 32
Week 5
Suffolk Teaching
Resources and
Activities
The Virginia Studies Curriculum Documents can be accessed through these links:
Curriculum Framework, Virginia Studies Standards, Scope and Sequence Activities; SOL Blueprint; Released Test Items Teacher Direct
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Lynchburg City Schools Fourth Grade Virginia Studies Pacing Guide
2013-2014
VS 10 The Student will demonstrate knowledge of government,
geography, and economics by
Unit 6 Lessons 2-5
b) describing the major products and industries of Virginia’s five
geographic regions
Unit 6 Lesson 2
c) explaining how advances in transportation, communications,
and technology have contributed to Virginia’s prosperity and role
in the global economy.
Unit 6 Lessons 3-5
Scope and
Sequence (ESS)
p. 144-146
(see link below)
VS 10 b,c
Products and
Industries
Scope and
Sequence (ESS)
Attachment J
p. 157
Week 6 & 7
Week 8
Week 9
Virginia Trekkers
VS 10 Products
and Ind
SOLPass
Study Island
The Virginia Studies Curriculum Documents can be accessed through these links:
Curriculum Framework, Virginia Studies Standards, Scope and Sequence Activities; SOL Blueprint; Released Test Items Teacher Direct
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Lynchburg City Schools Fourth Grade Virginia Studies Pacing Guide
2013-2014
GRADING PERIOD: Ongoing
SOL / Enabling Objectives
Resources
Lessons
VS.1 The student will demonstrate skills for historical and geographical
analysis and responsible citizenship, including the ability to
a)
identify and interpret artifacts and primary and secondary
source documents to understand events in history;
b) determine cause-and-effect relationships;
c)
compare and contrast historical events;
HMH Textbook
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 6
HMH Electronic
Interactive
Presentations CDROM
d) draw conclusions and make generalizations;
e) make connections between past and present;
f)
sequence events in Virginia history;
g)
interpret ideas and events from different historical
perspectives;
h) evaluate and discuss issues orally and in writing;
i)
HMH Leveled
Readers
Activities
Scope and
Sequence
Activities
Foldables
Assessments
Time
Frame
Technology
Virginia Trekkers
Ongoing
SOLPass
Study Island
Virginia Maps
Scott Foresman
Activities
Reading Focus
Skills
Transparencies
HMH TimeLInk
Events Card
analyze and interpret maps to explain relationships among
landforms, water features, climatic characteristics, and
historical events.
The Virginia Studies Curriculum Documents can be accessed through these links:
Curriculum Framework, Virginia Studies Standards, Scope and Sequence Activities; SOL Blueprint; Released Test Items Teacher Direct
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Lynchburg City Schools Fourth Grade Virginia Studies Pacing Guide
2013-2014
GRADING PERIOD: 2nd Nine Weeks
SOL / Enabling Objectives
Resources
Lessons
Virginia: 1900 to the Present
VS.10 a The student will demonstrate knowledge of government,
geography, and economics by
Unit 6 Lesson 1
a) identifying the three branches of Virginia government and the
function of each;
Scope and
Sequence
Activities (ESS)
Scope and
Sequence
Session 5 p. 142
Virginia’s Native Peoples, Past and Present
VS.2 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the physical
Sessions 1-8 p.
36-46 (ESS)
geography and native peoples, past and
present, of Virginia by
d) locating three American Indian language groups (the
Algonquian, the Siouan, and the Iroquoian) on a map of Virginia;
Unit 1 Lesson 4, 5
e) describing how American Indians related to the climate and their
environment to secure food, clothing, and shelter;
Unit 1 Lesson 4, 5
f) describing how archaeologists have recovered new material
evidence at sites including Werowocomoco and Jamestown;
Unit 1 Lesson 6
g) identifying and locating the current state-recognized tribes.
Activities
Foldables
Virginia Maps
Unit 1 Lesson 6
Assessments
Time
Frame
Technology
SOLPass
Study Island
VS 10A
Government
Teacher Made
Assessments
2 weeks
HMH
Assessments
Attachment J p.
157 (ESS)
VS 2 Native
American
Geography
Attachment A,
B, C p. 49-51
(ESS)
3 weeks
Indian
language
groups map
Werowocomoc
o Site
Suffolk Teaching
Resources and
Activities
Virginia Tribes
recognized
today (2009)
The Virginia Studies Curriculum Documents can be accessed through these links:
Curriculum Framework, Virginia Studies Standards, Scope and Sequence Activities; SOL Blueprint; Released Test Items Teacher Direct
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Lynchburg City Schools Fourth Grade Virginia Studies Pacing Guide
2013-2014
Jamestown and Life in Colonial Virginia
VS.3 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the first
permanent English settlement in America by
Unit 2 Lesson 1
a) explaining the reasons for English colonization;
VS 3 Jamestown
Settlement
Session 1 p. 59
Teacher Made
Assessments
4 weeks
HMH
Assessments
The Virginia Studies Curriculum Documents can be accessed through these links:
Curriculum Framework, Virginia Studies Standards, Scope and Sequence Activities; SOL Blueprint; Released Test Items Teacher Direct
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Lynchburg City Schools Fourth Grade Virginia Studies Pacing Guide
2013-2014
GRADING PERIOD: 3rd Nine Weeks/ Ongoing
SOL / Enabling Objectives
Resources
Lessons
VS.1 The student will demonstrate skills for historical and geographical
analysis and responsible citizenship, including the ability to
a)
identify and interpret artifacts and primary and secondary
source documents to understand events in history;
b) determine cause-and-effect relationships;
c)
compare and contrast historical events;
HMH Textbook
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 6
HMH Electronic
Interactive
Presentations CDROM
d) draw conclusions and make generalizations;
e) make connections between past and present;
f)
sequence events in Virginia history;
g)
interpret ideas and events from different historical
perspectives;
h) evaluate and discuss issues orally and in writing;
i)
HMH Leveled
Readers
Activities
Scope and
Sequence
Activities
Foldables
Assessments
Time
Frame
Technology
Virginia Trekkers
Ongoing
SOLPass
Study Island
Virginia Maps
Scott Foresman
Activities
Reading Focus
Skills
Transparencies
HMH TimeLInk
Events Card
analyze and interpret maps to explain relationships among
landforms, water features, climatic characteristics, and
historical events.
The Virginia Studies Curriculum Documents can be accessed through these links:
Curriculum Framework, Virginia Studies Standards, Scope and Sequence Activities; SOL Blueprint; Released Test Items history_socialscience
Teacher Direct
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Lynchburg City Schools Fourth Grade Virginia Studies Pacing Guide
2013-2014
GRADING PERIOD: 3rd Nine Weeks
SOL / Enabling Objectives
Resources
Lessons
Assessments
Activities
Technology
Scope and
Sequence
Activities
SOLPass
Time
Frame
Lessons
Unit- Settlement at Jamestown
VS.3
The student will demonstrate knowledge of the first
permanent English settlement in America by
Unit 2 Lesson 1-3
a) explaining the reasons for English colonization;
b) describing how geography influenced the decision to
settle at Jamestown;
VS.3a,3b,3c:
lesson 1 Unit 2
See
attachments
A-D in scope
and sequence
c) identifying the importance of the charters of the
Virginia Company of London in establishing the
Jamestown settlement;
d) identifying the importance of the General Assembly
(1619) as the first representative legislative body in
English America;
VS. 3d,3e,3g
Lesson 3 Unit 2
e) identifying the importance of the arrival of Africans
and English women to the Jamestown settlement;
f) describing the hardships faced by settlers at
Jamestown and the changes that took place to ensure
survival;
Session1,2
p.59-61
VS.3f
Lesson 2 Unit 2
Study Island
VS 3
Jamestown
Settlement
Virginia
Trekkers
Create Foldables
to use for
review
Scott Foresman
Activities
Teacher Made
Assessments
HMH
Assessments
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Suffolk
Teaching
Resources
and Activities
Week 5
Week 6
g) describing the interactions between the English settlers
The Virginia Studies Curriculum Documents can be accessed through these links:
Curriculum Framework, Virginia Studies Standards, Scope and Sequence Activities; SOL Blueprint; Released Test Items history_socialscience
Teacher Direct
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Lynchburg City Schools Fourth Grade Virginia Studies Pacing Guide
2013-2014
and the native peoples, including the contributions of
Powhatan to the survival of the settlers.
Week 7
The Virginia Studies Curriculum Documents can be accessed through these links:
Curriculum Framework, Virginia Studies Standards, Scope and Sequence Activities; SOL Blueprint; Released Test Items history_socialscience
Teacher Direct
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Lynchburg City Schools Fourth Grade Virginia Studies Pacing Guide
2013-2014
GRADING PERIOD: 4th Nine Weeks/ Ongoing
SOL / Enabling Objectives
Resources
Lessons
VS.1 The student will demonstrate skills for historical and geographical
analysis and responsible citizenship, including the ability to
a)
identify and interpret artifacts and primary and secondary
source documents to understand events in history;
b) determine cause-and-effect relationships;
c)
compare and contrast historical events;
HMH Textbook
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 6
HMH Electronic
Interactive
Presentations CDROM
d) draw conclusions and make generalizations;
e) make connections between past and present;
f)
sequence events in Virginia history;
g)
interpret ideas and events from different historical
perspectives;
h) evaluate and discuss issues orally and in writing;
i)
HMH Leveled
Readers
Activities
Scope and
Sequence
Activities
Foldables
Assessments
Time
Frame
Technology
Virginia Trekkers
Ongoing
SOLPass
Study Island
Virginia Maps
Scott Foresman
Activities
Reading Focus
Skills
Transparencies
HMH TimeLInk
Events Card
analyze and interpret maps to explain relationships among
landforms, water features, climatic characteristics, and
historical events.
The Virginia Studies Curriculum Documents can be accessed through these links:
Curriculum Framework, Virginia Studies Standards, Scope and Sequence Activities; SOL Blueprint; Released Test Items Teacher Direct
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Lynchburg City Schools Fourth Grade Virginia Studies Pacing Guide
2013-2014
GRADING PERIOD: 4th Nine Weeks
SOL / Enabling Objectives
Resources
Lessons
Activities
Assessments
Technology
Time
Frame
Lessons
Life In The Virginia Colony
VS.4 The student will demonstrate knowledge of life in the
SOLPass
Scope and
Sequence
Activities
Virginia Colony by:
A) explaining the importance of agriculture and its influence
on the institution of slavery.
B) describing how the culture of colonial Virginia reflected
the origins of European (English, Scots-Irish, German)
immigrants, Africans, and American Indians.
Unit 2
Lesson 4
Teacher Made
Assessments
Study Island
HMH
Assessments
Scott Foresman
Activities
Virginia
Trekkers
Virginia Maps
C) explaining the reasons for the relocation of Virginia’s
capital from Jamestown to Williamsburg to Richmond.
Unit 2
Lesson 5
D) describing how money, barter, and credit were used.
Unit 2
Lesson 6
E) describing everyday life in colonial Virginia.
Suffolk
Teaching
Resources
and Activities
FYI Released
Test (similar to
what LCS grade 5
takes
Virginia Studies
SOL Released
Test
The Virginia Studies Curriculum Documents can be accessed through these links:
Curriculum Framework, Virginia Studies Standards, Scope and Sequence Activities; SOL Blueprint; Released Test Items Teacher Direct
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