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​What does every day social studies inquiry look like?​

Check out this 4th Grade Social Studies Lesson "Was the Battle of Fort Sumter teh Start of the Civil War?" For lesson resources and more videos visit the Everyday Inquiry in Elementary Social Studies Video Series​.​

2021-22 Virtual Specialist Videos

​Content Resources

4th Grade Georgia Standards of Excellence for Social Studies

Teacher Notes

Fourth Grade Teacher Notes

Teacher Content Videos

Abolitionist and Suffrage Movements

American Revolution: The Fight for Independence

The Civil War - Its Causes, People, and Events

The Constitution and the Constitutional Convention

Factors that Led to the American Revolution

French and Indian War

Geographic Understandings

Physical Geography and Battles of the American Revolution

Reconstruction

War of 1812 and Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion

Instructional Resources

4th Grade Curriculum Map

Fourth Grade Curriculum Map

Sample Units

Unit 1: Connecting Themes 
Unit 2: Forming a New Nation NEWDocument Set
Unit 3: Challenges of a New Nation NEW Document Set
Unit 4: The Nation Expands NEWSource Set
Unit 5: Civil War and Reconstruction NEWSource Set 
Unit 6: Economics Source Set 

Distance Learning Resources

Unit 2: Topic – Causes of the American Revolution: French and Indian War

​Unit 4: Topic - The Lewis and Clark Expedition​

​Unit 4: Topic - Time, Place, and Story: Lewis & Clark​ PPT

Social Studies Labs

Founding-Fathers PPT
Declaration of Independence: Why take Risks? PPT

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