Unit 2: Farmers, Factories and Food Chains - Lesson Plans - Food System Curriculum - Johns Hopkins University
Collection of Lessons that can be reviewed for inclusion in 4th grade Social Studies
4th Grade Social Studies
Midwest - LibGuides at University of Wisconsin System School Library Education Consortium
Link collection from the University of Wisconsin
Night of the Twister - questions
These are focus questions for the book - teachers should make sure to edit these questions to ensure they allow students to exercise critical thinking and reading skills
SD Codified L § 1-19C-5 :: Offensive place names revised by United States Board on Geographic Names as of January 1, 2009. :: 2011 South Dakota Code :: US Codes and Statutes :: US Law :: Justia
Part of the heritage of the midwest includes native americans. Unfortunately, that heritage includes derisive names for towns and creeks in South Dakota. Here is a South Dakota law officially changing those names
Midwest Region cisd social studies -
This teacher's site has lessons based on TCI lessons that may be helpful. There are also books and videos linked in the documents
Skydive Midwest, closest skydiving to Chicago and Milwaukee.
Exploring the Eben Ice Caves in Michigan's Upper Peninsula | Pure Michigan Connect
Maize - Wikipedia
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Six maps that show the anatomy of America’s vast infrastructure - Washington Post
Just the sort of maps that a 4th grade teacher needs to show how the United States works. Have students write their own definition of the word "infrastructure" using only these maps as guidance. Make sure to tell them that they cannot use any of the words in the titles to the maps to create their own definition - then show them a dictionary definition of "infrastructure". Close the lesson out with them finding examples of a school's infrastructure - of their hometown
US Population Growth on map 2000-2010.
Zoom out to look at the whole map for student analysis. Where are people moving from? - Where are they moving to? Why? How can we tell? How can we be sure?
CommonLit | The Dust Bowl | Free Reading Passages and Literacy Resources
Covid-19 isn't stopping the Sioux Empire Livestock Show this year.
Drive Your Tractor to School Day | More in Common - YouTube
5 minutes of an Ohio high school where students are allowed to drive their tractor to high school one day a year. Great way to show students how their lives are shaped by where they live.
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US Poverty Rate by State
The Quack Attack is Back - Drone Video of the Mall of America
Not much can be learned from this 2 minutes video, though it is remarkably entertaining.
Willow Run Bomber Plant - The Henry Ford
Lots of images in this exhibit
What Is The Role Of Natural Resources In Economic Development? - CountyOffice.org
Southwest - LibGuides at University of Wisconsin System School Library Education Consortium
Link collection from the University of Wisconsin
Colorado Map DBQ
Three with six questions that guide students through the use of the maps to answer the questions. This should be used as a guide to create map-based, critical-thinking DBQs
Why Were They Built? Dams in Arizona | Arizona Geographic Alliance
In this lesson students will gain a better understanding of how people modify a natural resource in their environment by building dams. Students will also place the dates of construction of Arizona's dams in order from earliest to most recent.
Steamboat Springs mountain bike trail proposal sparks controversy
Denver Post Article - February 2019
Routt County Riders – Building Better Biking in Northern Colorado
Keep Routt Wild
Routt County Riders Trail Work Day - YouTube
One minute video of working on the trail
Something's Wrong - Keep Routt Wild - YouTube
2:30 minute music and slide show of quotes and headlines This melancholy video ponders human impact on wildlife in Routt County and Colorado. Told through headlines as the eerie riffs of Spirit play "It's Nature's Way" in the background.
Mad Rabbit Trails Project
Interactive map of two trail alternatives including comments from the public regarding each trail
Larry Desjardin: City should retract Mad Rabbit Trail Project | SteamboatToday.com
Larry is leader of Keep Routt Wild Editorial Jan 2019 against the Mad Rabbit Trail Project
The Proposed Projects - Steamboat Springs Trails
This could be one of several sites we send students to after they know about the proposal and the two sides of the issue - the lesson could be - on what side is this organization? How do you know?
Mad Rabbit Proposal | Trails Preservation Alliance
Lots of text - but students could be asked just to look at the name and perhaps skim text - on what side is this organization?
Routt County Riders - GuideStar Profile