Curriculum / ELA / 4th Grade / Alternate Unit 4: Politics and People: U.S. Government / Lesson 12
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Alternate Unit 4
4th Grade
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Explain what candidates do to try and win an election.
Book: Kid's Guide to Government: Understanding Your Role in Elections by Jessica Gunderson — pp. 4–5, 9–15
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What do candidates do to try and win an election? Identify multiple strategies and explain why each is important.
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Questions about the text that will help guide the students understanding
Why is voting important?
Who can run for office?
What is the main idea of the section "Candidates and Campaigns"? What details does the author include to support the main idea?
What is a political party and why are political parties important?
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Literary terms, text-based vocabulary, idioms and word parts to be taught with the text
representatives
n.
(p. 5)
an individual chosen to speak and vote on behalf of a group of people
candidates
(p. 10)
a person who is being considered for a certain job
campaign
an organized effort to win an election
nominee
(p. 15)
an individual who is formally suggested to run for a specific position
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RI.4.3 — Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
RI.4.7 — Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
RI.4.8 — Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.4.4 — Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
RF.4.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.4.4 — Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
RI.4.1 — Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RI.4.4 — Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
RI.4.10 — By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4—5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
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Debate if everyone has always had the right to vote.
Describe federalism and why the United States chose it as a form of government.
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RI.4.2RI.4.3
Explain what plan the Constitution made for the government of the United States.
Describe a few of the rights protected by the Bill of Rights.
Write a paragraph explaining what the Constitution of the United States is and why it is important.
W.4.2W.4.2.aW.4.2.bW.4.2.cW.4.2.e
Explain what the sections "What Does the Government Look Like?," "The Three Branches," and "Checks and Balances" are mostly about.
RI.4.2RI.4.7
Describe why the executive branch is important and why the President's Cabinet is important.
RI.4.3RI.4.8
Describe the difference between the Senate and House of Representatives and why they are both important.
RI.4.2RI.4.3RI.4.8
Explain how bills become laws and why there are so many steps.
RI.4.3
Explain what the Supreme Court is and why it's important using reasons and evidence from the text.
RI.4.2RI.4.8
Analyze and debate unit Essential Questions using details and understandings from the text.
SL.4.1W.4.2W.4.2.aW.4.2.bW.4.2.cW.4.2.e
4 days
Write an informational report about an act or amendment that is important in U.S. history.
L.4.1.fL.4.2W.4.2W.4.2.aW.4.2.bW.4.2.cW.4.5W.4.6W.4.7W.4.8
RI.4.3RI.4.7RI.4.8
Describe the evidence the author gives to support the point that "to be a woman in 1840 was to be less than a man."
Explain how an author uses reasons to show that a "once-promising strategy had reached a dead end."
Explain why the opposition to women's suffrage was so difficult to overturn.
Explain why the New York Times called the parade "one of the most impressively beautiful spectacles ever staged in this country"?
Explain who Harry Burn was and why he was important in the Women's Suffrage Movement.
Create a mini-poster highlighting the key contributions of a radical.
Explain why Dennis "Dioniso" Chavez was important.
Explain the role that Thurgood Marshall played in Brown v. Board of Education and what we can learn about him from his involvement in the case.
Explain how Thurgood Marshall wove equality into the fabric of American justice.
Explain who and what inspired Shirley Chisholm to get involved in politics and fight for change.
Explain who and what inspired Sonia Sotomayor to get involved in justice and fight for change.
Analyze how Barack Obama showed that "holding fast to hope despite obstacles is the first step to making any dream come true."
Debate and analyze unit Essential Questions.
SL.4.1
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5 days
Research a local or national election and decide who you would vote for and why.
SL.4.1W.4.1W.4.1.aW.4.1.bW.4.2W.4.2.aW.4.2.bW.4.2.cW.4.2.eW.4.7W.4.8
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