4th Grade Social Studies/Science Lesson Plans Oct. 6-10

Monday

Spiral Review (10 minutes) / Students answer three sci/ss questions a day from present and past units; test on Friday.
Text Study (20 minutes)
Independent/Collaborative Activity (30 minutes) / SS: 4-2.3: Explain the impact of the triangular trade, indentured servitude, and the enslaved and free Africans on the developing culture and economy of North American.
Lesson Seven: Triangular Trade
Read the first page together. Create cause/effect chart that determines why Native Americans were not the answer to the need for slaves; then do the same with indentured servants.

Tuesday

Spiral Review (10 minutes) / Students answer three sci/ss questions a day from present and past units; test on Friday.
Text Study (20 minutes) / SS: 4-2.3: Explain the impact of the triangular trade, indentured servitude, and the enslaved and free Africans on the developing culture and economy of North American.
Lesson Seven: Triangular Trade
Re-read/skim back through 1st half of text; use powerpoint on triangular trade plus any appropriate resources on the Middle Passage.
Independent/Collaborative Activity (30 minutes) / SCI: 4-3.4 Explain how the tilt of Earth’s axis and the revolution around the Sun results in the seasons of the year
Demonstrate ideas from the text with a flashlight and the inflatable globe. Give students flashlights and Styrofoam balls to be labeled by hemisphere. Video them replicating your demonstration.

Wednesday

Spiral Review (10 minutes) / Students answer three sci/ss questions a day from present and past units; test on Friday.
Text Study (20 minutes) / SCI: 4-3.4 Explain how the tilt of Earth’s axis and the revolution around the Sun results in the seasons of the year
Demonstrate ideas from the text with a flashlight and the inflatable globe. Give students flashlights and Styrofoam balls to be labeled by hemisphere. Video them replicating your demonstration.
Independent/Collaborative Activity (30 minutes) / SS: 4-2.3: Explain the impact of the triangular trade, indentured servitude, and the enslaved and free Africans on the developing culture and economy of North American.
Lesson Seven: Triangular Trade
Read second half of lesson (on African influences); give students a blank sheet of paper and have them write “Influences of Slave Culture” in a center circle. They can then write or draw the details (from the text) that support the central idea.

Thursday

Spiral Review (10 minutes) / Students answer three sci/ss questions a day from present and past units; test on Friday.
Text Study (20 minutes) / SS: 4-2.4: Summarize the relationship among the Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans, including the French and Indian War, the slave revolts, and the conduct of trade.
Lesson Eight: Conflict and Cooperation
Read first section “Native Americans” – use available resources on French and Indian War.
Independent/Collaborative Activity (30 minutes) / SCI: 4-3.4 Explain how the tilt of Earth’s axis and the revolution around the Sun results in the seasons of the year
Class will be reading and discussing articles together – then answering questions. (Mercury and Misplaced)

Friday

Spiral Review (10 minutes) / SPIRAL REVIEW QUIZ
Text Study (20 minutes) / SCI: 4-3.4 Explain how the tilt of Earth’s axis and the revolution around the Sun results in the seasons of the year
Whole-class will participate in “prezi” activity and “quizlet” activity about the Earth’s seasons.
Independent/Collaborative Activity (30 minutes) / SS: 4-2.4: Summarize the relationship among the Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans, including the French and Indian War, the slave revolts, and the conduct of trade.
Lesson Eight: Conflict and Cooperation
Read second section “African-Americans” – use available resources on Slave Revolts and Slave Codes.