Cultural Program Goals and Objectives
Grade Level 4

About the Cultural Program
Social Studies and Science are often treated as separate subjects in school, but with our Cultural Program, we’ll combine social studies and science. During the habitat classes, students explore the Sound, Salt Marsh, Pond, Beach and Forest, and focus on human interaction with the habitats. We’ll explore the three groups of people to inhabit our area (African Americans, Europeans, and Native Americans) and find out how each group experimented with island plants, animals and other materials. Finally, we’ll explore how our current culture (that’s us!) uses plants, animals and materials native to our island habitat and how we can conserve and protect them. Because of the multi-disciplinary mix of social studies and science, we are offering these classes only to groups of students 6th grade and younger.

Main Curriculum Area: Social Studies
Grade Level: 4

Primary Goals and Objectives:
These objectives will be covered during all Cultural Program classes. Some objectives are more specific to one habitat than another, so if your schedule does not allow you to take all offered classes, or if there are particular objectives that you want to make sure we cover, please let us know what your specific needs are.

Fourth Grade North Carolina: Geography and History
Social Studies Skill Competency
Goal 1		 The learner will apply the five themes of geography to North Carolina and its people.

Objectives
1.01 Locate, in absolute and relative terms, major landforms, bodies of water and natural resources in North Carolina.

1.02 Describe and compare physical and cultural characteristics of the regions.

1.03 Suggest some influences that location has on life in North Carolina such as major cities, recreation areas, industry, and farms.

1.04 Evaluate ways the people of North Carolina used, modified, and adapted to the physical environment, past and present.


Social Studies Skill Competency
Goal 2		 The learner will apply the five themes of geography to North Carolina and its people.

Objectives
2.01 Locate and describe American Indians in North Carolina, past and present.

2.03 Describe the similarities and differences among people of North Carolina, past and present.


Social Studies Skill Competency
Goal 3		 The learner will trace the history of colonization in North Carolina and evaluate its significance for diverse people's ideas.

Objectives
3.01 Assess changes in ways of living over time and determine whether the changes are primarily political, economic, or social.

3.04 Compare and contrast ways in which people, goods, and ideas moved in the past with their movement today.


Social Studies Skill Competency
Goal 5		 The learner will examine the impact of various cultural groups on North Carolina.

Objectives
5.02 Describe traditional art, music, and craft forms in North Carolina.

5.03 Describe and compare the cultural characteristics of regions within North Carolina and evaluate their significance.


Social Studies Skill Competency
Goal 7		 The learner will recognize how technology influences change within North Carolina.

Objectives
7.01 Cite examples from North Carolina's history of the impact of technology.

7.02 Analyze the effect of technology on North Carolina's citizens, past and present.

7.03 Explain how technology changed and influenced the movement of people, goods, and ideas over time.

7.05 Identify the advantages and disadvantages of technology in the lives of North Carolinians.


Social Studies
K-12 Skill Competency
Goal 2		 The learner will acquire strategies to access a variety of sources, and use appropriate research skills to gather, synthesize, and report information using diverse modalities to demonstrate the knowledge acquired.

Objectives
2.04 Utilize community-related resources such as field trips, guest speakers, and interviews.


Social Studies
K-12 Skill Competency
Goal 3		 The learner will acquire strategies to analyze, interpret, create, and use resources and materials.

Objectives
3.01 Use map and globe reading skills.

Social Studies
K-12 Skill Competency
Goal 4		 The learner will acquire strategies needed for applying decision-making and problem-solving techniques both orally and in writing to historic, contemporary, and controversial world issues.

Objectives
4.01 Use hypothetical reasoning processes.

4.02 Examine, understand, and evaluate conflicting viewpoints.

4.04 Apply conflict resolutions.

4.05 Predict possible outcomes.

4.06 Draw conclusions.

4.08 Develop hypotheses.