New York Social Studies Grade 4

New in 2024- Most units are available as editable Google docs now.

NEW: Fall 2020- I have added digital activities for Google slides. Students can use maps to learn about

• New York's geography
• New York's Native Americans
• Search for Freedom
• Push and Pull factors
• Landforms
• The American Revolution
• A fun Social Studies activity for the end of the year
• Oregon Trail
• New York Explorers
• Constitution (NEW)

I love writing engaging social studies lessons to make learning about history more interesting for students! Here is the New York Social Studies Pack for Grade 4. This pack includes lessons, reading passages, activities, assessments and teacher directions. This large file includes all of the following:

Unit 1- Geography of New York (76 pages)

• Reading Maps
• Landforms of New York Centers
• Physical and Political Maps
• Cardinal and Intermediate Directions
• Relative Location
• Latitude and Longitude
• New York Climate and Agriculture
• Landforms Digital activity for some extra practice.
• Geography of Your State Digital activity for some extra practice
• New York Geography Digital activity

Unit 2- Native American Groups and the Environment (76 pages)

• Information about Eastern Woodland Groups
• Comparing maps to see how different groups lived
• Non-fiction articles for each of these tribes: Erie, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, Mohican, Lenape
• How Native Americans shaped America
• NY Native Americans digital activity for extra practice

Unit 3- Colonial and Revolutionary Period in New York (186 pages)

• Explorers in New York and their relationship with Native Americans
• The Northwest Passage
• New York Colony
• New England, Southern, and Middle Colonies
• French and Indian War including a readers' theater activity
• Battles in New York
• The Revolutionary War booklet that works with the online series Liberty's Kids
• Declaration of Independence group project
• American Revolution digital activity if you would rather students work on their own
• New York Explorers digital activity for extra practice

Unit 4- Government (85 pages)

• Classroom Government Simulation
• New York Seal
• Rights and Responsibilities
• New York Constitution
• Branches of Government
• Levels of Government
• How a bill becomes a law in New York
• Citizenship
• Constitution Digital activity

Unit 5- In Search of Freedom and a Call for Change (68 pages)

• Triangular Trade
• Slavery in New York- Digital activity included for Google Slides
• Abolitionists Booklet
• Civil War
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Abraham Lincoln
• Women's Suffrage

Unit 6- Westward Movement and Industrialization (54 pages)

• Oregon Trail information and project
• Transportation over the years
• Communication over the years
• The Erie Canal
• Industry in New York
• New York Region study
• New York Business Leaders study

Unit 7- Immigration and Migration from the Early 1800s to the Present (32 pages)

• Digital Activity to teach Push and Pull Factors
• Immigrants to New York
• Ellis Island
• Immigrant Simulation
• Becoming a US citizen
• Problems that Immigrants faced
• New York Immigrant group research
• African American immigrants and the Harlem Renaissance
• End of Year Activity included (Teacher for the Day)