Grade 4
Grade 4 History/Social Studies
7 units and 31 learning lessons. This is the outline a Grade 4 student works through in History/Social Studies — the lessons themselves are taught inside OHM School, adapted to how each child is doing.
About this outline: the listed lessons are part of the available learning path. A lesson appearing here does not mean its standards mapping or assessment evidence has completed educator review. See the evidence and review methodology.
Unit 1 of 7
California's Geography
5 lessons
Lessons
- 1Geography of Our State
- 2California's Regions
- 3Latitude, Longitude, and Location
- 4Natural Resources of Our State
- 5How Geography Shaped Settlement
Unit 2 of 7
Native Peoples of California
3 lessons
Lessons
- 1California's First Peoples
- 2Using the Land and Sea
- 3Traditions, Beliefs, and Trade
Unit 3 of 7
Exploration
3 lessons
Lessons
- 1Early Explorers
- 2Spanish Exploration of California
- 3Exploration's Impact on Indigenous Peoples
Unit 4 of 7
Missions and Ranchos
5 lessons
Lessons
- 1Founding the Missions
- 2Daily Life in a Colonial Settlement
- 3Mission Life and Native Californians
- 4Colonial Economy and Trade
- 5Mexican Independence and the Rancho Era
Unit 5 of 7
From the Bear Flag to Statehood
5 lessons
Lessons
- 1American Settlers and the Bear Flag Revolt
- 2The Mexican-American War in California
- 3The Gold Rush
- 4Effects of the Gold Rush
- 5Becoming a State
Unit 6 of 7
California Grows
5 lessons
Lessons
- 1The Transcontinental Railroad
- 2Agriculture and Water
- 3Immigration and Diversity
- 4Industry and Innovation
- 5California Today
Unit 7 of 7
California Government
5 lessons
Lessons
- 1What Is Civic Participation?
- 2Levels of Government
- 3The California Constitution
- 4How Laws Are Made (Simplified)
- 5Rights and Responsibilities
How it is taught
The whole subject, in the order a child meets it.
- What is covered7 units and 31 lessons, every one of them in the book above: this is the whole of History/Social Studies in Grade 4, not a sample.
- Taught in orderA lesson unlocks when the one before it is mastered, and review is scheduled from what the child has actually shown rather than on a fixed timetable.
- Kept currentThese titles are read from the live curriculum, so what is in this book is what a Grade 4 student would work through today.
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