History-4th Grade

Understand events, trends, individuals and movements shaping the history of Illinois, the United States and other Nations. Understand religious events, trends, individuals and movements shaping the history of the United States, other Nations and the Church. 

Apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation. Apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation to religious events, trends and Church individuals and movements. Relate that Jesus, as God incarnate, existed in history just like we do. CSIS2 Describe how reading history is a way we can learn about what God does for humanity. CSIS3

Understand the development of significant political events (United States/World). Understand the development of significant Church or religious events. Explain the history of the Catholic Church and its impact in human events. CSIS4 Exhibit knowledge of essential dates, persons, places and facts, especially those relevant to the western traditions. CSIS

Understand the development of economic systems (United States/World). Understand how moral or religious thought contributed to the development of economic systems. Explain how one’s beliefs about God, about humanity, and about material things, affect one’s actions. CSIS7 Discuss how history can assist man in the acquisition of values and virtues. CSIS12

Understand Illinois, United States, and world social history (United States/World). Understand social history of Church, Illinois, United States, and world. Demonstrate an understanding about great figures of history by examining their lives for examples of virtue. CSGS2 Value the significance and impact of the Catholic Church throughout history. CSDS5

Understand Illinois, United States, and world environmental history (United States/World). Understand how Church belief regarding creation and God’s providence shape history of United States and the world. Demonstrate a general understanding of the “story” of humanity from creation to present through a Catholic concept of the world and man. CSGS1 Relate how history begins and ends in God and how history has a religious dimension. CSIS1

Place a randomly ordered series of events at the proper points on a timeline, include events in Church history.

Compare life in one region during two different time periods.

Describe historical trends using data supplied on a graph or chart.

Compare changes in a region using an historical atlas.

Describe aspects of life in a specific period in a specific region using a combination of sources, include religious beliefs.

Locate a website for the study of history, including Church history on the World Wide Web.

Place a series of political events in their proper location on a timeline of United States and/or world history.

Recognize contributions of important people and events in the past, including religious people/leaders.

Describe a political system and/or institution that existed in the past.

Recognize significant Church or religious events that have shaped the present day Church.

Tell how government affects how people make a living.

. Tell how religious beliefs may affect how people make a living.

Identify the differences between an agricultural society and a hunting/gathering way of life. 

Compare/contrast past economic activities to contemporary economic activities.

Place a series of social events on a timeline.

Identify the turning points in United States, world and Church social history.

Compare the life of people of various social groups in the past to people of the same group during another time period.

Compare traditions and customs of a place or region today with those from the past.

Compare/contrast the customs and traditions of a past culture with those of another past culture.

Compare/contrast the customs and traditions of the Catholic Church with other religions.

Explain how geography affects the history, economics and social life of people.

Describe how hunter-gather cultures used the environment to secure their basic needs.

Describe how changes in weather/climate affected the physical and cultural features of the environment. 

Identify the rivers that fostered the growth and development of U. S. and/or world.

Identify on a map the major food producing regions of the world .

Explain how the location of the major industrial regions fostered their growth and development.

Research information about the environment during a specific period of United States, and/or world history using the World Wide Web.

Explain how religious beliefs shaped events in U.S. history.