Oklahoma State Standards for Social Studies: Grade 4

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OK.1. Social Studies: The student will develop and practice the process skills of social studies.

1.1. Demonstrate the ability to utilize research materials, such as encyclopedias, almanacs, atlases, newspapers, photographs, visual images, and computer-based technologies. 30
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 1.1.

1.2. Construct timelines of events in the development of the regions of the United States. 88
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1.3. Identify and give examples of different perspectives and points of view (e.g., in the media, political commercials, advertisements, and literature). 28
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OK.2. Social Studies: The student will analyze the regions of the United States from a spatial perspective.

2.1. Interpret geographic information using primary and secondary sources, atlases, charts, graphs, and visual images. 42
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2.2. Identify, use, and interpret basic political, physical, and thematic maps and globes. 21
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2.3. Construct and use maps of the regions of the United States, the continents, and the world to demonstrate understanding of relative location, direction, latitude, longitude, scale, size, and shape, using appropriate geographic vocabulary, tools, and technologies. 21
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2.4. Locate on a map and identify the states, their capitals, and major metropolitan centers of the United States by region (e.g., New York City, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Miami). 21
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OK.3. Social Studies: The student will examine the unique and common features of the physical systems of the regions of the United States.

3.1. Identify the major landforms and bodies of water of the United States. 26
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 3.1.

3.2. Compare and contrast the vegetation, climate, and spatial distribution of natural resources of the regions. 69
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3.3. Analyze how the major physical features (e.g., landforms and bodies of water) were formed and continue to change. 50
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OK.4. Social Studies: The student will describe the human systems identified with the major regions of the United States, including human interaction with the environment.

4.1. Compare and contrast the human characteristics of early and contemporary human settlements in the regions of the United States. 15
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 4.1.

4.2. Explain how people are influenced by, adapt to, and alter their environment, including agricultural efforts, housing, occupations, industries, transportation, and communication. 50
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4.3. Describe how people attempt to resolve geographic challenges (e.g., bridges, dams, tunnels, irrigation systems, and landfills). 1
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4.4. Describe the development of economic specialization in each region of the United States, including examples of interdependence among regions and connections to global trade. 23
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4.5. Describe the causes of movement of large groups of people into the United States from other countries and within the United States now and long ago. 14
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OK.5. Social Studies: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the unique features which contributed to the settlement of the state of Oklahoma.

5.1. Identify major historical individuals, entrepreneurs, and groups, and describe their major contributions (e.g., Sequoyah, the Boomers and the Sooners, and Frank Phillips). 88
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 5.1.

5.2. Describe major events of Oklahoma's past, such as settlements by Native Americans, cattle drives, land runs, statehood, and the discovery of oil.

5.3. Analyze the use of Oklahoma's natural resources (e.g., salt, bison, oil, coal, timber and sod) by early visitors and settlers.

5.4. Identify state and local governing bodies (e.g., the state legislature and city councils) and officials (e.g., governor and mayors) that make laws and carry out laws, with an emphasis on civic participation (e.g., the importance of studying the issues and voting). 12
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5.5. Develop an understanding of and an appreciation for the cultural diversity of his or her community by examining the historical and contemporary racial, ethnic, and cultural groups of the area. 22
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