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
Other Curriculum Areas: Science, English, Math
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.

Anthropology/ Psychology/ Sociology
Social Studies Competency
Goal 1		 The learner will analyze the characteristics of the people of North Carolina.

Objectives
1.1 Identify, locate, and describe ways of living of the major Native-American groups in North Carolina, past and present.

1.2 Describe the origins and characteristics of major groups that settled in North Carolina and assess their influence on North Carolina customs.

1.3 Analyze similarities and differences among North Carolina's people, past and present.

Social Studies Competency
Goal 2		 The learner will assess the influence of major religions, ethical beliefs, and aesthetic values on life in North Carolina.

Objectives
2.1 Describe traditional art forms and aesthetic values in North Carolina.

Geography
Social Stuides Competency
Goal 3		 The learner will locate major physical features and suggest the influence of location on life in North Carolina.


Objectives
3.1 Describe the absolute and relative location of the state and places within the state.

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

3.3 Suggest some influences that location has on life in North Carolina.

Social Stuides Competency
Goal 5		 The learner will evaluate ways the people of North Carolina use, modify and adapt to the physical environment.

Objectives
5.1 Explain how North Carolinians in the past used, modified, or adapted to the physical environment.

History
Social Stuides Competency
Goal 11		 The learner will assess changes in ways of living over time and investigate why and how these changes occurred.

Objectives
11.1 Identify and describe changes which have occurred in ways of living in North Carolina.

11.3 Evaluate the effects of change on the lives of the people of North Carolina.

Social Stuides Competency
Goal 12		 The learner will trace developments in North Carolina history and describe their impact on the lives of people today.

Objectives
12.1 Identify people, symbols, and events associated with North Carolina's heritage.

Science Competency
Goal 1		 The learner will build an understanding of animal growth and adaptation.

Objectives
1.03 Evaluate living and nonliving things that affect animal life:
  • Other animals.
  • Plants.
  • Climate.
  • Water.
  • Air.
  • Location.
Science Competency
Goal 4		 The learner will build an understanding of technological designs.

Objectives
4.01 Assess the invention of tools and techniques to solve problems.

4.02 Observe the many tools that are based on designs found in nature.

4.05 Assess the natural resources necessary to construct machines and tools.

English Competency
Goal 1		 The learner will apply enabling strategies and skills to read and write.

Objectives
1.01 Use word identification strategies appropriately and automatically when encountering unknown words (graphophonic, syntactic, semantic).

1.02 Infer word meanings from taught roots, prefixes, and suffixes to decode words in text to assist comprehension.

1.03 Identify key words and discover their meanings and relationships through a variety of strategies.

1.04 Increase reading and writing vocabulary through:

  • knowledge of homophones, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms.
  • discussions.
English Competency
Goal 2		 The learner will apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.


Objectives
2.07 Determine usefulness of information and ideas consistent with purpose.

2.09 Listen actively by:

  • asking questions.
  • paraphrasing what was said.
  • interpreting speaker's verbal and non-verbal messages.
  • interpreting speaker's purposes and/or intent.
English Competency
Goal 4		 The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.

Objectives
4.02 Use oral and written language to:
  • present information and ideas in a clear, concise manner.
  • discuss.
  • interview.
  • solve problems.
  • make decisions.
Data, Probability, and Statistics
Math Competency
Goal 4		 The learner will demonstrate an understanding and use of graphing, probability, and data analysis.


Objectives
4.03 Collect, organize, and display data from surveys, research, and classroom experiments, including data collected over time. Include data from other disciplines such as science, physical education, social studies, and the media.

4.04 Interpret information orally and in writing from charts, tables, tallies, and graphs.