Georgia
Core
Curriculum
Standards
for
History
Grade 4
Geography:
Human,
Environment
Interaction |
- 8 Describes the impact of climate and physical environment on the lifestyles of American Indians
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Georgia
Core
Curriculum
Standards
for
History
Grade 4
Exploration
to
Colonization |
- 9 Identifies the areas explored , reasons for and results of early explorations by Marco Polo.
- 10 Compares and contrasts the explorations of France, Spain, England and Portugal during the 15th- 17th centuries
- areas explored
- motivation behind explorations
- obstacles encountered, and
- accomplishments.
- 11 Describes the impact of early Spanish explorers on native populations in Georgia.
- 12 Compares and contrasts early colonial settlements in the New England, Middle Atlantic and Southern Colonies
- climate
- physical features
- settlers' country of origin
- settlers' motivations
- forms of government, and
- use of natural resources.
- 13 Describes the settlement in Georgia led by Oglethorpe.
- 14 Classifies the original thirteen colonies by regions (New England, Middle Atlantic, and Southern).
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Georgia
Core
Curriculum
Standards
for
History
Grade 4
Expansion |
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Georgia
Core
Curriculum
Standards
for
History
Grade 4
A Nation
Is Born |
- 17 Identifies the sources of dissatisfaction that led to the American Revolution (e.g., smuggling, taxation without representation, Intolerable Acts, Stamp Act, Boston Tea Party, and Boston Massacre).
- 18 Compares and contrasts different lifestyles in the colonies during the 18th century from the perspectives of large landowners, farmers, artisans, women, indentured servants and slaves.
- 19 Distinguishes between loyalists and the patriots.
- 20 Describes the contributions of key individuals in the American Revolution including Colonial and British men, women, and minorities (e.g., George Washington, King George III, Lord North, Cornwallis, John Adams, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, Molly Pitcher, Crispus Attucks, LaFayette, Nancy Hart, and Benedict Arnold).
- 21 Identifies and analyzes key events of the Revolutionary War including Paul Revere's Ride, Lexington and Concord, Valley Forge, and Yorktown.
- 22 Explains the major ideas in the Declaration of Independence.
- 23 Explains Georgia's participation in the Revolutionary War.
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Georgia
Core
Curriculum
Standards
for
History
Grade 4
History
of the
Constitution |
- 24 Explains and analyzes challenges faced by the new United States government, with emphasis on the writing of a new Constitution in 1787 and the struggles over ratification and the addition of a Bill of Rights.
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Georgia
Core
Curriculum
Standards
for
History
Grade 4
The Young
Nation |
- 25 Describes major events of the War of 1812 including the writing of "The Star Spangled Banner" and the involvement of the Creeks and the Cherokees in Georgia.
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Georgia
Core
Curriculum
Standards
for
History
Grade 4
Westward
Expansion |
- 26 Explains the social and economic impacts of technology on society during the 18th and 19th centuries ( e.g., cotton gin, McCormick reaper, steamboat, trains, looms, spinning ginny, and telegraph).
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Georgia
Core
Curriculum
Standards
for
History
Grade 4
Civil
War |
- 27 Identifies causes, key events, and effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction with the emphasis on:
- Economic and philosophical differences between the North and South (e.g., states' rights trade imbalance, and slavery)
- Major leaders on both sides of the war (e.g., Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Frederick Douglas, and Harriet Tubman)
- Critical developments in the war (e.g., Fort Sumter, the Emancipation Proclamation, Sherman's March to the Sea, and Lee's Surrender at Appomattox)
- Life on the battlefield and on the homefront
- The effects of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution, and
- The impact of Reconstruction policies on the South (e.g., government, education, and the economy).
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Georgia
Core
Curriculum
Standards
for
History
Grade 4
Culture |
- 28 Describes and illustrates how periods in history were reflected through music, art and literature.
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