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Essential Question
 

What geographical characteristics make up a state?

Unit (Subsidiary) Questions

How do rivers effect the location of Missouri cities?

  What is different about the different regions?

                          What are the major characteristics of a state?

                          What characteristics are unique for each region?

What regional attractions attract people to live in the in the environment  they live in?




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Social Studies GE's


5.  Knowledge of major elements of geographical study and analysis (such as location, place, movement and regions) and their

relationship to changes in society and the environment

 (7) Uses of geography to interpret, explain, and predict

 Use geography to interpret the past (e.g., why rivers have played an

important role in human transportation) and predict future consequences (e.g.,

what will likely happen if the population of a city increases considerably)

 

D. (4) Relationships within places ( Human- Environment Interactions)

(Movement)

 Describe how people are affected by, depend on, adapt to, and change their

Environments

 

F. (6) Regions

 Compare regions (e.g., explain how life in a city region is different from life in a

rural region or how landscapes in mountainous regions look different from

landscapes in plains regions)

 

B. (2) Geography of Missouri and the United States: Location

 Locate the cities of Kansas City, Springfield, St. Louis, Jefferson City,

Columbia, and St. Joseph

 

(1) Reading and constructing maps

 Construct and interpret map

Communication Arts GLE's

Develop and apply effective research process skills to gather, analyze, and evaluate information

Information Literacy

cord

Information

C) Identify relevant information and record main ideas and important details in own words

Standard: CA 2, 3, 4 1.2, 1.8

 

Develop and apply effective research process skills to gather, analyze, and evaluate information

Information Literacy

Acquire

B) Locate and use various resources to find information on keywords and questions

 Standard:  CA 2, 3 1.2, 1.4, 1.6

 

Develop and apply effective research process skills to gather, analyze, and evaluate information

Information Literacy

Research

Plan

A)  Formulate and research keywords and questions to establish a focus and purpose for inquiry

 Standard: CA 2, 3 1.1, 1.4

 

Reading

3 Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze, and evaluate nonfiction (such as biographies, newspapers,

technical manuals) from a variety of cultures and times

Text Elements

 C)  Use details from text to • retell main ideas • organize a sequence of events • identify cause and effect • draw conclusions

• compare and contrast texts • make predictions • make inferences • distinguish between fact and opinion • identify and  explain author's purpose • make inferences about problems and solutions

 Standard:  CA 3 1.6, 2.4, 3.1, 3.5

 

Writing

Write effectively in various forms and types of writing

Note-

B)  Identify concepts and ideas in written text to complete an organizer

Fourth Grade Technology Standards:

Computer Fundamentals

  1. Student becomes familiar with the components of a computer.
  2. Student learns to properly care for a computer.
  3. Student understands the basic concepts of data storage devices.
  4. Student understands the concept of being online.

Computer Navigation

  1. Student understands the concept of computer programs and learns to open and close them.
  2. Student learns to create, name, save, print, and close files.

Web Browsing

1.  Student learns to browse the World Wide Web by following links, using bookmarks, and using the back and forward buttons.

2.  Student learns to determine the success of a search and the validity of the information found. 

Christy Pyle
Show-Me Missouri
Willard Central Elementary
Willard R2 School District
2526 N. Farm Rd.
Willard,MO 65802
(417)831-4440

2/13/03©Teacher Updated 2/13/03 
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