Fourth Grade Class
Social Studies
During the fourth grade school year, we will study America's history from the Native Americans until the events leading up to the Civil War. We will also be learning about geography and economics. The following resources and activities to support the topics we will study this year.
Digital History - find out when and where important events happened in out American History
Mr. Nussbaum's Native Americans
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Inuit
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Kwakuitl
Native Americans: The Northwest
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Nez Perce
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Seminoles
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Hopi
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Pawnee
Review
Location of Native American Tribes
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Leif Eriksson & the Vikings (Often considered the first to discover North America!)
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Marco Polo
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Christopher Columbus
Famous People - Christopher Columbus
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Juan Ponce de Leon
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Amerigo Vespucci
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John Cabot
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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Henry Hudson
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Jacques Cartier
Review
Discovery and Exploration Vocabulary
Jump Back in Time: Colonial America
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The First Settlements
The Jamestown Online Adventure
On the Trail of Captain John Smith: A Jamestown Adventure
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The Colonies
13 Colonies Interactive Scavenger Hunt
Make Your Own 13 Colonies Map -- This will give you direction on how to make your own map. You will also need this site Map Maker 2.0 (find the 13 colonies map
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Life in the Colonies
Colonial Williamsburg Kids Zone
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! A Study of Colonies and Colonial Life - Arts and Crafts, Clothing, Cooking, Food, Punishments, Schools
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Colonial Occupations
13 Colonies Village and Trades
Dictionary of Colonial Occupations
Review
American Revolution - videos, lessons, and games
The American Revolution for Kids
The American Revolution Timeline: The Game
American Revolution Time Machine - click 1778
Fling the Teacher - American Revolution
Illustrations from the American Revolution
Jump Back in Time: The Revolutionary Period
Liberty's Kids - the website that accompanies the show we watch in school
Little Known Facts about the American Revolutionary War
Military Perspectives - Differences between the soldiers
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Events Leading to the Revolution
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The French and Indian War
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The Proclamtion of 1763
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Unfair Taxes
Freedom: A History of Us - Independence
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Boston Massacre
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Tea Act
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Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party and the Intolerable Acts
Freedom: A History of Us - Rebellion in the Colonies
Liberty! - Boston, 1774
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Intolerable Acts
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First Continental Congress
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Paul Revere's Ride & Lexington and Concord
Freedom: A History of Us - The Shot Heard 'Round the World
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Second Continental Congress
Freedom: A History of Us - "The Greatest Men Upon This Continent"
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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Declaration of Independence
Freedom: A History of Us - July 4, 1776
Freedom: A History of Us - No Turning Back
Liberty! - Philadelphia, 1776
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Battles of the American Revolution
Events of the American Revolution Timeline
Frontier Forts in the American Revolution
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Battle of Trenton
Liberty! - Trenton, 1776
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Battle of Saratoga
Liberty! - Saratoga, 1777
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Battle of Yorktown
Liberty! - Yorktown, 1781
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Important People
Patrick Henry
Freedom: A History of Us - Liberty or Death
Thomas Jefferson
Freedom: A History of Us - The Declaration of Independence
Thomas Paine
Freedom: A History of Us - To Begin the World Again
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Important Places
Jump Back in Time: The New Nation
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Articles of Confederation
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Constitutional Convention
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The Constitution
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government
Fling the Teacher - Constitution
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Separation of Powers
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Branches of Power
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Executive Branch
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Legislative Branch
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Judicial Branch
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Bill of Rights
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Good Citizenship
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Important People
Jump Back in Time: Western Expansion & Reform
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Louisana Purchase
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
Go West Across America with Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark Adventure to the West
Lewis and Clark and the Trailblazers
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War of 1812
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The Alamo
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Oregon Trail
Animated Atlas: Growth of a Nation
Introduction to the Oregon Trail
Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail, Mormon Trail, California Trail
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The Gold Rush
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New Inventions
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Suffrage
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Abolition
The History Place - The U.S. Civil War
Women of the American Civil War