4th G. Social Studies Standards.html - Washington State...

Washington State K-12 Learning Standards and Guidelines: Social Studies - Grade
4
EALR Social Studies Skills
BIG IDEA / CORE CONTENT SSS1: Uses critical reasoning skills to analyze and
evaluate claims.
CORE CONTENT / CONTENT
STANDARD
Enduring Understanding – Knows that there are
many sides to an argument and can share one’s
own side with evidence-based research.
CONTENT
STANDARD /
PERFORMANCE
EXPECTATION
SSS1.f4.1. Identify the concepts used in documents and
sources.
CONTENT
STANDARD /
PERFORMANCE
EXPECTATION
SSS1.4.2. Evaluate primary and secondary sources.
BIG IDEA / CORE CONTENT SSS2: Uses inquiry-based research.
CORE CONTENT / CONTENT
STANDARD
Enduring Understanding – Knows how to ask a
variety of quality questions and find
appropriate materials to find the answers to
those questions.
CONTENT
STANDARD /
PERFORMANCE
EXPECTATION
SSS2.4.2. Identify the main ideas from a variety of print
and non-print texts.
Active Listening
African Proverbs
Benjamin Franklin
Bullying
Colonial America
Continents
Deserts
Five Themes of

Geography
George Washington
George Washington
Carver
Harriet Tubman
Helen Keller
Jackie Robinson

BIG IDEA / CORE CONTENT SSS4: Creates a product that uses social studies
content to support a claim and presents the
product in a manner that meaningfully
communicates with a key audience.
CORE CONTENT / CONTENT
STANDARD
Enduring Understanding – Knows that there are
many ways to share ideas and can evaluate
evidence and determine best tools to express
one’s own knowledge and understanding.
CONTENT
STANDARD /
PERFORMANCE
EXPECTATION
SSS4.4.3. Identify relevant evidence that draws