Grade 4

Florida History

GEOGRAPHY

ECONOMICS

CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT

Historical Inquiry and Analysis

Pre-Columbian Florida

Exploration and Settlement of Florida

Crisis of the Union and Reconstruction in Florida

Industrialization and Emergence of Modern Florida

21st Century Florida 

Chronological Thinking

The World in Spatial Terms

Beginning Economics

Foundations of Government, Law, and the American Political System

Civic and Political Participation

Structure and Functions of Government

Utilize timelines to sequence key events in Florida history.

Synthesize historical events, people, and places througth the perspective of Florida's Catholic history and the secular history of Florida.

Understand Florida's geography and Native Peoples before European colonization.

Compare the cultures of Native American tribes from various geographic regions of Florida.

Identify explorers who came to Florida and analyze the motivations for their expeditions.

Describe causes and effects of European colonization on the Native American tribes of Florida.

Identify the significance of St. Augustine as the oldest permanent European settlement and the first Catholic mission in North America.

Explain the purpose of and daily life on missions; i.e. San Luis de Talimali in present-day Tallahassee.

Identify the significance of Fort Mose as the first free African community in the United States.

Identify nations (Spain, France, England) that controlled Florida before it became a United States territory.

Describe the progression of the Seminole Tribe including its formation, migration and impact.

Explain how Florida (Adams-Onis Treaty) became a U.S. territory.

Describe Florida's involvement (secession, blockades of ports, the battles of Ft. Pickens, Olustee, Ft. Brooke, Natural Bridge, food supply) in the Civil War.

Summarize challenges Floridians faced during Reconstruction.

Explain the role and relationship of Florida and Floridians to pivotal national events. (i.e. Spanish American War, the Great Depression, WWII, Civil Rights Movement), the "space race", and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Describe the contributions of significant individuals to Florida (social contributions, economics, arts, culture, religion).

Summarize contributions immigrant groups made to Florida, including those from the Caribbean, Central and South America.  

Identify Florida's role in the Civil Rights Movement; examples may include, but are not limited to, Tallahassee Bus Boycotts, civil disobedience, and the legacy of early civil rights pioneers, Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore, and Mary McLeod Bethune.

Describe the effect of the United States space program on Florida's economy and growth.

Describe how and why immigration impacts Florida today.

Explain how tourism affects Florida's economy and growth.

Utilize timelines to sequence key events in Florida history.

Identify, locate, and label physical and cultural features of Florida on a map including map elements such as title, compass rose, cardinal directions, intermediate directions, symbols, legend, scale, longitude, latitude.

Interpret political and physical maps using map elements (title, compass rose, cardinal directions, intermediate directions, symbols, legend, scale, longitude, latitude).

Explain how weather impacts Florida.

Identify entrepreneurs from various social and ethnic backgrounds who have influenced Florida and local economy; i.e. Henry Flagler, Walt Disney, Ed Ball, Alfred Dupont, Julia Tuttle, Vincente Martinez Ybor.

Explain Florida's role in the national and international economy and conditions that attract businesses to the state; i.e. tourism, agriculture, phosphate, space industry.

Describe how Florida's constitution protects the rights of citizens and provides for the structure, function, and purposes of state government.

Discuss public issues in Florida that impact the daily lives of its citizens.

Explain the importance of public service, voting, and volunteerism.

Investigate ways citizens work together to influence government and help solve community and state problems.

Identify the three branches (Legislative, Judicial, Executive) of government in Florida and the powers of each.

Identify state (governor, state representative, or senator) and local government officials (mayor, city commissioner).

Identify three sources of human choice, object, intention and circumstances.        

Explain how living a moral life means taking into account how actions/thoughts/words affect others.      

Understand that the mission of the Church is evangelization.

Acknowledge the unique importance of each person.

Know the stories of holy men and women who were active in Florida; i.e. Florida Catholic saints

Practice [service and stewardship] in age-appropriate ways.  

Reflect on service and stewardship as each relates to justice.

Recognize that the Church is hierarchical.

Name the current Holy Father, the Pope as head of the Catholic Church, and the Bishop who leads the Diocese.

Identify a pastor as the head of the parish.