THE BUCKEYE STATE

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SOCIAL STUDIES Grade 4
THE BUCKEYE STATE
By Nicole Muehlenkamp Debbie Smith
Hope Appelbaum
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Strand I 3-5 Strand II 6-8 Strand
III 9-11 Strand IV 12-14 Strand
V 15-17 Strand VI 18-20 Strand
VII 21-23 Bibliography 24 Fun
Facts 25
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STRAND I AMERICAN HERITAGE
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ACTIVITIES

• Research one of the eight Presidents from Ohio.
  Create an oral presentation for the class.
• Take a walking tour of the Underground Railroad
  Safe Houses in the city of Springboro.
• Using the book Lets Discover Ohio, create a
  class play about the life of the early Pioneers
  in the state of Ohio.
• Write a story about your first airplane trip
  with Orville and Wilbur Wright. BE CREATIVE!!!
• Create a pictorial timeline of historical
  events in Ohios history.

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WEB SITES
Olde Springboro Village http//www.shakerwssg.org
/olde springboro villageOhio.htm Ohio Public
Library Information Network (OPLIN)
www.oplin.lib.oh.us Ohio History Is Alive
www.noacsc.org/Ohiohist American Presidents Life
Portraits www.americanpresidents.org/ The Wright
Brothers 1899-1903 http//w3.one.net/hughesj/wr
ight/w_1901b.html
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STRAND II PEOPLE IN SOCIETY
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ACTIVITIES

• Take a class survey of the different
  ethnicities of each student in the classroom.
  Graph the ethnic background of the class.
• Research the different cultural communities
  that reside in the state of Ohio.
• Write the Ohio government and ask how the
  government deals with the specific needs and
  demands of various cultures.
• Class will have a cultural feast. Students will
  bring in an authentic dish from a chosen
  cultural.
• Choose an Ohio hero from the book Heros of
  Ohio and create a diorama depicting the heros
  accomplishments.

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WEB SITES
Ohio History Links Page http//dbs.ohiohistory.or
g/africanam/ Amish Heartland www.amish-heartland.
com Philippine American Society of Central Ohio
www.pasco-oh.org Bengali Cultural Society
www.bcscle.org/ Governor Bob Taft
www.state.oh.us/gov
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STRAND III WORLD INTERACTIONS
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ACTIVITIES

• Create a topographic map of the city.
• Write a friendly e-mail to your E-pal from a
  different country.
• Locate on a map of Ohio, all of the cities
  listed in the picture book titled B is for
  Buckeye An Ohio Alphabet.
• Pick a country from the teachers hat and
  identify the continent and the longitude and
  latitude of that country. Compare Ohios
  climate, vegetation and resources to the selected
  countrys climate, vegetation and resources.
• Create a survey about things you would like
  to know about people in a different state. Send
  the survey to any elementary school in one of
  Ohios border states.

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WEB SITES
50 States and Capitals www.50states.com/ USGS
Topographic Map Symbols www.Columbia.edu/cu/web/i
ndiv/lehman/guides/maps.html Yahooligans!-Around
the World Countries www.yahooligans.com/ Intercu
ltural E-mail Classroom Connections
www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc/ Geo-Globe
Interactive Geography http//library.advanced.org/
10157/
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STRAND IV CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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ACTIVITIES

• Create a classroom Bill of Rights.
• Investigate the effect a business failure has
  on a community.
• Look at various magazine and newspaper articles
  and decide if the articles are fact or opinion.
• Create two commercials about the state of Ohio,
  one that is fact and one that is opinion.
• Students will become involved in a community
  service project.

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WEB SITES
U.S. Bill of Rights www.nara.gov/exhall/charters/
billrights/ The American Promise
www.americanpromise.com Learning in Deed
www.learningindeed.org/ Avoiding Business
Failure www.positive-way.com/business/avoiding.ht
m Rules for Making Rules http//ss.uno.ed/SS/New/
CMRules.html
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STRAND V DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
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ACTIVITIES

• Take a field trip to the Dayton Court house and
  Jail.
• Participate in a campaign and vote for a
  classroom President, Vice President and
  Secretary.
• Have a guest speaker from the Police Department
  and the Fire department who will discuss how they
  protect the health and safety of citizens.
• Make a cartoon that depicts the
  responsibilities of the three branches of the
  government.
• Start an individual business and investigate
  the start up cost and taxes associated with being
  self-employed.

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WEB SITES
Uncle Sam for Kids www.win.org/library/matls/govd
ocs/kids.htm Kids-Government History, Social
Studies http//vax1.harf.lib.md.us/kid_gov.htm Ki
ds Voting USA www.kidsvotingusa.org/ Bens Guide
to U.S. Government http//bensguide.gpo.gov/ STAW
RS Kids www.employers.gov/stawrs/kids/
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STRAND VI DECISION MAKING AND RESOURCES
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ACTIVITIES

• Discuss the process of making a loaf of bread.
  Investigate how many people are involved in the
  process.
• Create a bulletin board showing the difference
  between Production and Consumption.
• Decide as a class on which crop to grow to feed
  the community. Investigate how much land
  is needed and how much time is invested in the
  growing process.
• Compare and contrast products and utensils used
  for Todays cooking and products and utensils
  used by the first Pioneers.
• Chart the name and amount of goods and services
  used by your household.

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WEB SITES
CORN www.ohiocorn.org/kids/group1.htm Ohio
Soybean Council www.soyohio.org/ Baking Bread
Field Trip www.field-guides.com/sci/bake/ Pioneer
Cooking www.imagebuilder.com/gsmnp/cooking.html
Pioneer Cooking and Recipes www.geocites.com/Hear
tland/Pointe/3794/pioneer2.html
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STRAND VII SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
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ACTIVITIES

• Use the Internet to E-Mail pen pal from another
  country.
• Take a class field trip to COSI
• Use the internet to link and play the Eight
  Presidents game.
• Create a Power Point presentation on a
  different country.
• Use the computer simulation Our Town Meeting A
  Lesson In Civic Responsibility to place students
  in a variety of civic roles.

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WEB SITES
Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connections
www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc/ COSI
www.cosi.org/ Presidents Day-Ohio Presidents
www.nuwavemedia.com/features/presidentsday/ Stayin
g Street Smart on the Web! www.yahooligans.com/do
cs/safety/ Discovery Channel www.discovery.com
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Akers, K., Montgomery, J., Lets Discover Ohio,
(1999), Schuerholz Graphics, Kettering. Schonberg,
M., B is for Buckeye An Ohio Alphabet, (2000),
Sleeping Bear Press, Chelsea. Sowash, R., Heros
of Ohio, (1998), Gabriel's Horn Publishing
Company, Bowling Green.
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Chillicothe was Ohios first Capital
Ermal Fraze invented the pop-top can
Hang On Sloopy is the official state rock song
Ohio University was the first university in the
Northwest Territory
FUN FACTS ABOUT OHIO
50 of the U.S. population lives within a 500
mile radius of Columbus
Chewing gum was patented in 1896 by W.F. Semple
Ohio gave America the first hot dog
Cincinnati had the first ambulance service