Relevant KY Core Standards: Kid’s Book
Relevant Kentucky Core Standards: McDowell House Children’s Book
INTERMEDIATE SOCIAL STUDIES
Big Idea: Cultures and Societies
Grade 4 Enduring Knowledge and Understandings
Students will understand that
- cultures develop social institutions (e.g., government, economy, education, religion, family) to structure society, influence behavior and respond to human needs {institution of slavery}
- interactions among individuals and groups assume various forms (e.g., compromise, cooperation, conflict, competition) and are influenced by culture {slavery, war}
Grade 4 Skills and Concepts
Students will
- investigate social institutions (e.g. family, government, economy, education, religion) in Kentucky {institution of slavery}
Grade 5 Enduring Knowledge and Understandings
Students will understand that
- cultures develop social institutions (e.g., government, economy, education, religion, family) to structure society, influence behavior and respond to human needs {institution of slavery}
- interactions among individuals and groups assume various forms (e.g., compromise, cooperation, conflict, competition) and are influenced by culture {slavery, war}
Grade 5 Skills and Concepts
Students will
- examine social institutions (e.g. family, government, economy, education, religion) in the United States {institution of slavery}
Big Idea: Geography
Grade 4 Enduring Knowledge and Understandings
Students will understand that
- the use of geographic tools (e.g., maps, globes, charts, graphs)… help interpret information, understand and analyze patterns, spatial data and geographic issues {slave states vs. free states map}
- regions help us to see Earth as an integrated system of places and features organized by such principles as landform types, political units, economic patterns, and cultural groups {slave states vs. free states map}
Grade 5 Enduring Knowledge and Understandings
Students will understand that
- the use of geographic tools (e.g., maps, globes, charts, graphs)… help interpret information, understand and analyze patterns, spatial data and geographic issues {slave states vs. free states map}
Big Idea: Historical Perspective
Academic Expectations
2.20 Students understand… historical events, conditions, trends, and issues to develop historical perspective
Grade 4 Enduring Knowledge and Understandings
Students will understand that
- the history of Kentucky has been impacted by significant individuals, groups, and advances in technology {Dr. McDowell, Abraham Lincoln, slaves}
Grade 4 Skills and Concepts
Students will
- demonstrate an understanding of the nature of history using a variety of tools:
- examine cause and effect relationships that influenced Kentucky’s history
- use information from print… sources:
- investigate change over time (e.g., transportation, communication, education, technology, lifestyles and conditions in Kentucky’s history
Grade 5 Skills and Concepts
Students will
- investigate… major events in United States history
- explore change over time in the United States