Social Studies

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Social Studies Technology Project 4th
grade by Tara Sheley
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Rationale

• It is important for students to learn about
  different parts of society, history, and
  government from where they live, so that they
  will be productive members of society.

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Goal

• Students will become more aware of themselves and
  the world around them. They will become more
  aware of Ohio as a state.

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American Heritage
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Activities

• My timeline collect pictures from childhood,
  arrange in chronological order,attach to poster
  board organized like a timeline. List dates on
  the timeline, use references to add important
  historical dates to your timeline.
• With a partner students can find out about events
  that happened during American Indian Heritage
  month. They can plan events for the class to
  celebrate.

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More Activities

• Identify important individuals and events in
  state history. Explain their significant roles by
  making a character web about them. Ex Tecumseh
  and Neil Armstrong.
• Take an online tour of the Ohio Village and
  discuss what you find.
• Compare ways of mail delivery throughout history.

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Websites

• www.ohiokids.org
• www.kged.org/heritagemonths/americanindian/
• http//usacitylink.com/usa/default.html
• http//www.ohiokids.org/hsafari.html
• http//www.americanwest.com/pages/fwpnfron.htm

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People in Societies
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Activities

• Use resource books to collect information to
  write a report about a famous Ohioan.
• Students can browse the web in pairs and find two
  ways volunteers have helped change a society for
  the better. They can share their findings with
  the class.
• Use a map to retrace the national trail in Ohio.
• Study Native American sites in Ohio.

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More Activities

• Identify various cultural groups that have
  settled in Ohio, discuss their customs and ways
  of life.In a group of three students, make a
  booklet showing these specific customs and ways
  of living. BE CREATIVE!!

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Websites

• www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/community.html
• www.door.net/spgs/
• http//www.ohiohistory.org/places/miamisbg.
• http//www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/oh2.html
• http//www.ohiokids.org/ohc/history/hindian/index.
  cfm

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World Interactions
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Activities

• Make your own map. Using and Ohio map, locate the
  capital, the Ohio Rv., identify the city where
  you live, major highways, cities, and state
  parks.
• Using the map you have made, create your own map
  legend to correspond with your map.
• Groups of students can create puppet shows to
  reflect various world cultures. Bunraku puppetry
  is used in Japan, water puppetry is used in
  Vietnam, and shadow puppetry is used in Indonesia

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More Activities

• Have a pen-pal from a different country. Write
  and send letters monthly.
• Make a care package including various items from
  your culture and background to send to your
  pen-pal.

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Websites

• www.usgs.gov/education/learnweb/maps.html.
• http//welcome.to/state_maps
• http//www.avis.com/maps-and_directions/road_maps.
  oh.html
• http//librarythinkquest.org/10157/
• http//www.kidvista.com/SocialStudies/index.html

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Decision Making And Resources
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Activities

• Production Line- students experiment ways of
  producing some product, Ex. Making a sandwich
• Conduct a minieconomy which students are
  responsible for fake money, budgets, trading, and
  running businesses.
• Read Making Cents, every kids guide to Money by
  Elizabeth Wilkinson.

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More Activities

• Trace the resources needs to make a t-shirt. For
  example cotton seeds, farm workers, weaving,
  machines, etc.
• Compare what products are used for cooking today,
  compared to earlier Ohio communities.

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Websites

• http//tajunior.thinkquest.org/3901
• www.tax.gov/kids/
• http//www.levistrauss.com/
• http//www.ohiokids.org/games/ctynames.html
• http//earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/index.html

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Democratic Process
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Activities

• Field Trip- Visit the State Courts or Capitol.
• Have county officials come into the room and
  speak about their jobs.
• Discuss the basic function for each branch of
  local, state, and federal governments.
• Have students hold a mock election.
• Compare and Contrast voting now to the early
  1900s.

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Websites

• http//www.whitehouse.gov/wh/kids/html/home.html
• www.foutcom.con/folio/intro.html
• http//www.legislature.state.oh.us/
• http//www.statehouse.state.oh.us/
• http//www.kidvista.com/SocialStudies/index.html

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Citizen Rights and Responsibilities
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Activities

• Have the class choose a current event issue.
  Split the class into two teams and have them
  debate the issue.
• Create a class citizenship tree. Post a large
  cut-out tree with activities students do to be
  good citizens as the branches and leaves.
• Identify and discuss the personal characteristics
  that are conducive to group decision making,
  cooperative activity, and personal involvement in
  the community.

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More Activities

• Talk about the rights that every person has.
  Learn about the Bill of Rights
• Have the class choose a good deed around the
  community that they can perform in order to be
  good citizens.
• Play the online Ohio counties game.

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Websites

• http//www.kidvista.com/SocialStudies/government.h
  tml
• http//www.50states.com
• http//www.ned.org/
• http//www.ohiokids.org/games/counties.html
• http//www.logs.org/reference.html

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Science and Technology
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Activities

• Students will make a power point presentation
  about their lives.
• Students will use the internet to research past
  Ohio presidents.
• Students will use word processing programs to
  type reports about presidents.
• Use the internet to find information about
  current events.
• Use the internet to research businesses in which
  to invest stock.

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Websites

• http//www.microsoft.com
• http//www.daytondailynews.com
• http//www.clarkhoward.com
• http//www.activedayton.com
• http//www.ohiohistory.com

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Conclusion

• The previous activities and website resources are
  suggested for developing lessons for a fourth
  grade class. It is important to incorporate each
  of the seven Social Studies strands into the
  curriculum. This allows students to become
  knowledgeable about the many different aspects of
  our world and its history.