Social Studies

Helpful Links

Adirondack Museum (information; trivia games under "Discover and Learn")	NYS Assembly Kids' Page (information, printable coloring sheets, word search, tour of the capitol)
NYS Facts	NYS Senate Kids' Page (information, printable coloring sheets, games and puzzles)
Iroquois Museum	Immigration

Social Studies in Fourth Grade

The grade 4 social studies program builds on the students’ understanding of families, schools, and communities and highlights the political institutions and historic development of their local communities with connections to New York State and the United States. Students study about the significant people, places, events, and issues that influenced life in their local communities.

Map Skills (review of oceans and continents, reading a map, latitude and longitude)
Native Americans: Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and Algonquians

Four Worlds meet in America: Native American, Dutch, English and French

Colonial New York
Revolutionary War
Growth of New York State and the Nation

Government
Active Citizenship is an integral part of Democracy

*The above information is courtesy of "Shenendehowa's What to Expect...in Fourth Grade!" brochure.

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