Grade 4

Other Arkansas Social Studies sets

• Grade K
• Grade 1
• Grade 2
• Grade 3
• Grade 5
• Grade 6
• Arkansas History (7-8)
• US History Beginnings through 1850 (Grade 7)
• US History 1850-1930
• United States Government
• World History Since 1450
• African American History
• Arkansas History (9-12)
• Civics (Grades 9, 10, 11, 12)
• Economics
• Psychology
• Sociology
• U.S. History Since 1929
• World Geography

Analyze the effects of scarcity and opportunity cost during the decision-making process.E.1.4.1

Apply an economic decision-making model when making decisions such as the PACED decision-making.E.1.4.2

Analyze how knowledge, skills, education, and experience (i.e., human capital) can impact productivity, career advancement, and potential income.E.1.4.3

Explain ways entrepreneurs and businesses organize human, natural, and capital resources to produce goods and services such as Walmart, J.B. Hunt, Tyson Foods, Dillard's.E.1.4.4

Explain effects of supply and demand on prices.E.1.4.5

Compare methods of exchange in the United States and around the world (e.g., money, currency, bartering, metals, markets).E.1.4.6

Describe the types of financial institutions and their roles in an economy (e.g., banks, Federal Reserve, credit unions, investment firms).E.1.4.7

Examine ways governments pay for the goods and services they provide through taxation and fees.E.1.4.8

Explain the meaning of inflation, deflation, and unemployment.E.1.4.9

Explain how trading commodities (e.g., soybeans, rice, cotton) has led to economic interdependence between Arkansas, other states, and other countries (e.g., Canada, Mexico, Saudi Arabia).E.1.4.10

Explain effects of increasing economic interdependence on different groups within a nation, which may include Arkansas's agricultural industry and its impact on natural resources, increased competition, and the shift in labor force.E.1.4.11

Compare relative and absolute location (e.g., latitude and longitude) of local and global places on a map.G.1.4.1

Compare and contrast the interactions that shape the physical and human characteristics of global places using thematic maps (e.g., climate, political, physical).G.1.4.2

Create maps to compare the physical and human characteristics of different places or regions, including titles, symbols, legends, a compass rose, and scale.G.1.4.3

Analyze effects of human impact on the environment over time including deforestation/reforestation, flood control, pollution, and urbanization.G.1.4.4

Compare the cultural characteristics of various places and region from around the world.G.1.4.5

Analyze ways physical characteristics affect population distribution in Arkansas, the United States, and the world.G.1.4.6

Compare how natural resources such as metals, sand, stone, soil, freshwater, and wildlife influence human settlement patterns in various geographic regions (e.g., Rocky Mountains, Coastal Plains, Southwest).G.1.4.7

Determine effects of movement and distribution of people, goods, and ideas on various places using geographic sources such as maps, satellite images, and geospatial technologies.G.1.4.8

Compare push-pull factors that influenced immigration to and migration within the United States, which may include:<ul><li>natural resources</li><li>employment opportunities</li><li>political freedom</li><li>economic freedom</li><li>religious freedom</li></ul>G.1.4.9

Describe global connections created through increased trade, transportation, communication, and technology (e.g., tourism; social media; cities and hubs that are central to social, economic, and political decisions; introduction of plant and insect species).G.1.4.10

Analyze ways communities cooperate in providing relief efforts during and after natural and human-made disasters.G.1.4.11

Create historical narratives using chronological sequences of related events in Arkansas and/or the world.<ul><li>Trail of Tears* and the Indian Removal Act</li><li>Arkansas Suffrage Movement and the 19th Amendment</li><li>Civil Rights Movement</li><li>Brown vs. the Board of Education* and Little Rock Nine</li></ul>H.1.4.1

Interpret timelines to show relationships among people, events, and movements in Arkansas and/or the world between 1850-1880:<ul><li>In U.S. history, national expansion and reform, pioneer life, slavery</li><li>In Arkansas history, The Arkansas Traveler</li></ul>H.1.4.2

Compare life from a specific historical time period to life today to explain changes over time (e.g., economic growth, urbanization, resources, population density, environmental issues).H.1.4.3

Analyze the impact of individuals and events on the past, present, and future<ul><li>Thomas Jefferson</li><li>Alexander Hamilton</li><li>Thomas Paine</li><li>James and Dolley Madison</li><li>Abraham Lincoln</li><li>Role of women such as Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Dorothy Vaughan in STEM careers)</li></ul>H.1.4.4

Reference historic places and national parks to guide inquiry about history.<ul><li>Toltec Mounds</li><li>Hot Springs National Park</li><li>Ouachita National Forest</li></ul>H.1.4.5

Describe how perspectives of different individuals and groups shaped the historical sources they created.H.1.4.6

Identify reasons that individuals and groups developed differing perspectives during the same historical period.H.1.4.7

Develop original claims to answer compelling questions about a significant historical event or person from Arkansas or the United States using evidence from both primary and secondary sources.H.1.4.8

Identify and discuss the benefits and challenges of using a variety of primary and secondary sources in historical inquiry (e.g., first-hand information and multiple perspectives versus author bias, incomplete information, and inaccurate interpretation).H.1.4.9