Uncovering+Connecticut

**Social Studies:** Grade 4  **Unit:** Uncovering Connecticut  **Purposes:** Physical Geography, Map Skills, Nonfiction Reading and Writing, Research Skills, 21st Century Skills **Essential Questions:** What makes a place unique?

 **Description:**  During this 4th grade unit of study, students study the geography of Connecticut through multimedia texts. The culminating product is a presentation produced in Animoto.

Desired Results

CT Grade Level Expectations

 * Connecticut Mastery Test Objectives**


 * **Understandings** || **Essential Questions** ||
 * || What makes a place unique? ||


 * **Knowledge:**

//The student will know...// || **Skills:**

//The students will be able to...// ||


 * Content Vocabulary ||

Assessment Evidence
 * **Performance Tasks** || **Formative Assessments** ||

Learning Plan Discovery Streaming Videos Brainpop [|Notebooking Central: Physical Geography and Map Skills]
 * Resources**

[|5 Themes Team Tasks] [|5 Themes Poster Scoring Guide] || [|What makes Connecticut unique.doc] aAnimoto Education Account (free) [|Animoto Photo Check List.docx] Student Examples ||
 * **Anchor Activities** ||
 * **Introduction:** What makes a place unique? Students brainstorm in teams the answer to this question: What makes a place unique? ||  ||
 * **5 Themes of Geography:** As students watch a video about the 5 themes of geography, they use a foldable to take notes. They use the information learned to create theme posters. || Discovery Streaming Video: 5 Themes of Geography
 * **Connecticut Geography Foldable:** Students create a top tab foldable with the headings: Location, Region, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, and Movement ||  ||
 * **Connecticut Location**: Students use a variety of foldables to explore different ways to locate Connecticut. ||  ||
 * **How Connecticut Was Formed:** Students learn about how Connecticut was formed. ||  ||
 * **A Unique Place-Uncovering Connecticut:** Students apply their knowledge of Connecticut landforms and how Connecticut was formed to a mind map. ||  ||
 * **Connecticut Animotos:** Students create Animoto digital stories about Connecticut's unique geological features. || [|Animoto Photo Check List.docx]