Fourth Grade Social Studies

• Sequence of Study
  • Michigan
• Core Democratic Values
  • Truth
  • Equality
  • Life
  • Liberty
  • Diversity
  • Justice
  • Pursuit of Happiness
  • Common Good
  • Popular Sovereignty
• Geographical Concepts
  • Physical geography of Michigan
  • Geography of the United States
  • Five themes of Geography:
    1. Location
    2. Place
    3. Movement
    4. Regions
    5. Human Interaction
• Historical Concepts
  • Pre-historic and Historic native American Cultures
  • French in Michigan
  • British in Michigan
  • Americans in Michigan
  • Settlement / Statehood
  • Civil War
  • Natural Resources
  • Manufacturing
  • Depression and Labor Movement
  • Arsenal of Democracy
  • Modern Michigan
• Civics Concepts
  • Roles of State Government
  • Authority, power, and limits
  • Religious liberty
  • Freedom of expression
  • Privacy
  • Property
  • Responsibility of citizens
  • State Courts
  • Makine, enforcing, and interpreting laws
  • Branches of State Government
  • Current Events
  • United Nations
  • Campaign Participation
• Economic Concepts
  • Scarcity
  • Opportunity Cost
  • Decision Model
  • Consumer credit
  • Natural resources
  • Human capital
  • Capital equipment
  • Goods and services
  • Individual ownership and partnership
  • State tax
  • Price
  • Supply and demand
  • Market Economy
  • Producer and Consumer
  • Michigan location and economic development
  • Distributor
  • Imports and Exports