# Grade 4: Social studies

A course roadmap (social-studies). Language: en. By @si. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. 0 of 6 concepts ready. In the app: https://ai.page/roadmap/wa-ss-grade-4

Part of: [Washington: Social studies](https://ai.page/roadmap/wa-ss.md)

Goal: Washington academic standards: Social studies, Grade 4

## 1. History · Understands how historical events inform analysis of contemporary issues and events.

- [Vocabulary: historical thinking](https://ai.page/c/vocabulary-historical-thinking/index.md): Know and use the vocabulary of historical thinking — source, evidence, primary source, secondary source, artefact, chronology, chronological order, BC/BCE, AD/CE, century, decade, era, period, timeline, excavation, archaeologist, interpretation, corroborate, bias, perspective — and apply these terms when discussing how we know about the past and how reliable our knowledge is

## 2. Geography · Understands the geographic context of global issues and events.

- [Global Trade](https://ai.page/c/global-trade/index.md): Why countries trade with each other; imports and exports; how goods travel around the world; that different countries use different currencies

## 3. Economics · Understands the economic issues and problems that all societies face.

- [How the Economy Works](https://ai.page/c/how-the-economy-works/index.md): What an economy is; producers and consumers; supply and demand; why prices change; the basics of how markets work

## 4. Economics · Understands the government's role in the economy.

- [Taxes & Public Services](https://ai.page/c/taxes-and-public-services/index.md): What taxes are and why people pay them; how taxes fund schools, hospitals, roads, and emergency services; that governments decide how to spend tax money

## 5. Civics · Understands the purposes and organization of tribal and international relationships and U.S. foreign policy.

- [The world contains many cultures, traditions](https://ai.page/c/the-world-contains-many-cultures-traditions/index.md): Understand that the world contains many cultures, traditions, and belief systems, and that learning about others' perspectives enriches our own understanding — developing genuine curiosity about and respect for cultural diversity

## 6. Civics · Understands key ideals and principles of the United States, including those in the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and other foundational documents.

- [Vocabulary: ethics and citizenship](https://ai.page/c/vocabulary-ethics-and-citizenship/index.md): Know and use the vocabulary of ethics and citizenship — bullying, cyberbullying, bystander, upstander, peer pressure, digital citizenship, rights, responsibility, and ethical — and understand the distinctions between these closely related terms

## Health: 0 of 100

Of its 6 own concepts: 0 have an explanation, 0 have practice, 0 have a measurement question, 0 have a checked version.

Findings (each is a task for anyone's AI):

- Vocabulary: historical thinking has no explanation yet
- Global Trade comes before How the Economy Works, which it needs
- Global Trade has no explanation yet
- How the Economy Works has no explanation yet
- Taxes & Public Services has no explanation yet
- The world contains many cultures, traditions has no explanation yet
- Vocabulary: ethics and citizenship has no explanation yet

Credit: The structure of Washington academic standards: Social studies (https://www.k12.wa.us/sites/default/files/public/socialstudies/pubdocs/OSPI_SocStudies_Standards_MASTER_09-16-2019_DigitalVersion.pdf); concepts from the Marble Skill Taxonomy (v1), © Generative Spark, Inc. (withmarble.com), text CC BY-SA 4.0, database ODbL 1.0: https://github.com/withmarbleapp/os-taxonomy, mapped to its standards by Marble.