Grade 4 Social Studies Unit Preview Unit 4: Modern Maryland (1875 Present)

Lesson One: What was life like in Baltimore at the turn of the century? Objectives: (The student will be able to) Describe how technological changes over time have affected the production of goods and services. Describe technological changes in transportation and communication over time, such as the telephone and the Internet and other forms of technology and their impact on Marylanders. Read to learn and construct meaning about social studies by using appropriate vocabulary and comprehension strategies. Analyze social studies information from a variety of sources by interpreting, evaluating and synthesizing information and by recognizing relationships in and among ideas or events such as cause and effect, sequence, main idea, and details. services Used by consumers to meet an economic want, examples include car washes, haircuts, baby-sitting, and doctor or dentist visits consumers People who pay for goods and services

Lesson Two: How did the Industrial Revolution change life for workers in Maryland? Objectives: (The student will be able to) Explain how available resources have influenced specialization in Maryland in the past and present. Identify reasons for the movement of people to, from, and within Maryland. Read to learn and construct meaning about social studies by using appropriate vocabulary and comprehension strategies. Organize and display social studies information from print and non-print sources using charts, graphs, graphic organizers, maps, timelines and other visual representations. Vocabulary/Concepts industry Manufacturing; businesses, crafts, and arts mass production The manufacturing of products on a large scale in factories, especially using mechanization and assembly-line methods immigrant A person who moves to a new country to live division of labor A system of organizing production by giving separate workers or groups of workers artisan Somebody who is skilled at a craft Industrial Revolution Beginning in the second half of the 18th century, a social and economic change from producing things by hand to using industrial methods such as machines ghetto a small crowded part of a city where the poor often live

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Grade 4 Social Studies Unit Preview Unit 4: Modern Maryland (1875 Present)
Lesson Three: What are some historical events that had a significant impact on U.S. citizens in the first half of the 1900s? Objectives: (The student will be able to) Describe perspectives and policies in Maryland regarding historic and current public issues. Describe ways in which people can participate in the political process. Organize and display social studies information from print and non-print sources using charts, graphs, graphic organizers, maps, timelines and other visual representations. Vocabulary/Concepts timeline A way to display events in the order that they happened chronological Organized in time order

Lesson Four: How has the states changing population density impacted Marylanders? Objectives: (The student will be able to) Identify reasons for the movement of people to, from, and within Maryland. Describe technological changes in transportation over time, such as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the Baltimore and Washington Beltways, and the impact on Marylanders. Explain how the growth of communities and suburbanization has changed the environment. Explain how geographic characteristics affect how people live and work and the population distribution of a place or region. Read to learn and construct meaning about social studies by using appropriate vocabulary and comprehension strategies. Analyze social studies information from a variety of sources by interpreting, evaluating, and synthesizing information and by recognizing relationships in and among ideas or events such as cause and effect, sequence, main idea, and details. Vocabulary/Concepts population density The number of people living in a unit area Lesson Five: How does the Maryland government work for its citizens? Objectives: (The student will be able to) Analyze the powers, functions, and organization of the Maryland General Assembly. Describe the role of the State government regarding public policy and issues. Describe ways people can participate in the political process including voting, petitioning elected officials, and volunteering. Explain the effect that regional interests have on shaping government policy in and
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Grade 4 Social Studies Unit Preview Unit 4: Modern Maryland (1875 Present)
around Maryland. Identify various sources of information that are available to citizens to make political decisions. Read to learn and construct meaning about social studies by using appropriate vocabulary and comprehension strategies. Organize and display social studies information from print and non-print sources using charts, graphs, graphic organizers, maps, timelines and other visual representations.

Vocabulary/Concepts legislators People who write and pass Maryland General Assembly The laws especially as a member of a legislature legislative (law-making) branch of (law-making body of government) government in Maryland, it is made up of the Senate (47 senators) and House of Delegates (141 Delegates) legislative process A series of actions amendment A change or addition to involved in the writing and passing of laws make something better Lesson Six: In what ways do Marylanders make a living? Identify and describe the similarities and differences of religious, ethnic, and economic groups in Maryland today. Explain how geographic characteristics affect how people live and work, and the population distribution of a place or region. Explain how available resources have influenced specialization in Maryland in the past and present. Identify the role of local and state governments in Marylands economy. labor The workers in a country, company, or industry Free enterprise A system where the people, not the government, run and own the business

Vocabulary/Concepts entrepreneur A person who has an idea and the courage to start a business employee A person who works for a company or for someone else for wages (pay)

HCPSS, Office of Elementary Social Studies

Draft 2009