Social Studies

Grade 4

 

SS 2         Missouri, U.S., and World History

Course Objective            * Students will acquire a foundation that includes knowledge of continuity and change in the history of Missouri, the U.S. and the world.

                http://emintsteachers.more.net/kemr/missouri.html

 

                Learner Objectives

 

1.   Identify and describe the significance of the individuals from Missouri who have made contributions to our state and national heritage.  Examples include:  Lewis and Clark, Mary Easton Sibley, John Berry Meachum, George Washington Carver, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Mark Twain, Harry S Truman and Thomas Hart Benton.  [1.2]

http://emintsteachers.more.net/orlandom/mostudies10.html

 

http://schoolweb.missouri.edu/parkway.k12.mo.us/klohmann/FamMO.html

 

2.   Locate and describe settlements in Missouri of people of European and African heritage.  [1.2]

http://emintsteachers.more.net/orlandom/mostudies8.html

 

3.   Outline issues of Missouri statehood and the Missouri Compromise when Missouri became a state, why statehood was difficult to obtain, and Missouri as a slave state.  [1.2] 

http://emintsteachers.more.net/orlandom/mostudies15.html

 

http://www.sos.state.mo.us/kids/symbols/

 

4.   Summarize the events in westward expansion including people’s motivation, their hardships, and Missouri as a jumping off point to the West.  [1.2]

http://emintsteachers.more.net/orlandom/mostudies13.html

 

5.   State Missouri’s role in the Civil War, i.e., Missouri as a border state.  [1.2]

http://emintsteachers.more.net/orlandom/mostudies17.html

 

6.   Describe the changes in Missouri since the Civil War in education, transportation, and communication.  [3.6]

 

7.   Use and evaluate primary and secondary sources (diaries, letters, people, interviews, journals, and photos.)  [2.2]

 

8.   Describe the contribution of Thomas Jefferson.  [1.2]

 

1.   Sequence and describe the importance of

·        Louisiana Purchase

·        The Lewis and Clark Expedition

http://members.tripod.com/~jtlawson/index.html

 

2.               Evaluate the impact of westward expansion on Native Americans in Missouri.  [1.9]

http://library.thinkquest.org/J001587/