Standards

**Grade Level Expectations:**
2aA **(1) Knowledge of the ways Missourians have interacted, survived and progressed from the distant past to present times** Summarize the events in westward expansion, including people’s motivation, their hardships and Missouri as a jumping-off point to the West

2aB **(2) Knowledge of the contributions of non-Missourians** Describe the contributions of Thomas Jefferson. Sequence and describe the importance of the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition

2aB Evaluate the impact of westward expansion on Native American in Missouri

4A **(1) Knowledge of basic economic concepts, being able to explain and use them to interpret historical and current events** Compare **saving** and financial **investment** Explain **supply** and **demand**

4b **(2) Economic decision-making** Interpret past, explain present and predict future consequences of economic decisions. (Decisions would be of a nature that is meaningful to fourth graders, such as decisions made by **consumers** and decisions pertaining to the **environment**)

4D **(4) Interdependence of households, businesses and governments** Explain how decisions of households, businesses and governments affect one another

5A **(1) Reading and constructing maps** Construct and interpret maps

5D **(4) Relationships within places (//Human-Environment Interactions//) (Movement)** Describe how people are affected by, depend on, adapt to and change their **environments**

5G **(7) Uses of geography to interpret, explain and predict** Use geography to interpret the past (e.g., why rivers have played an important role in human transportation) and predict future consequences (e.g., what will likely happen if the population of a city increases considerably)

6C **(3) Methods of resolving conflicts** Evaluate constructive processes or methods for resolving conflicts by using a problem-solving organizer

7A **(1) Identify, select, use and create appropriate resources for social science inquiry** Identify, select and use visual, graphic and auditory aids Use and evaluate **primary** and **secondary sources** (diaries, letters, people, interviews, journals and photos)

Identify and use library and media resources (electronic resources, dictionaries, encyclopedias, videos, periodicals, atlases, almanacs, telephone directories, books, and cartoons) Identify and create artifacts (building structures and materials, works of art representative of cultures, fossils, pottery, tools, clothing, musical instruments)

**Technology Standards**
1. Student becomes familiar with the components of a computer. 2. Student learns to properly care for a computer. 6. Student understands the concept of being online. 7. Student gains familiarity with technology use policies. 8. Student understands the concept of audience and learns how to design a product for an audience.
 * Computer Fundamentals**

9. Student learns proper posture for keyboarding. 10. Student learns to identify touch keys, reach keys, home row, upper row, lower row, and number keys. 11. Student learns to type basic punctuation (without using the Shift key). 12. Student learns to type letters without looking at the keyboard. 13. Student learns to type capital letters and symbols using the Shift key.
 * Keyboarding**

19. Student understands the concept of a computer desktop and learns how to use it. 20. Student understands the concept of computer programs and learns to open and close them. 21. Student learns to use dialog boxes and options windows and common tools that are associated with them. 22. Student learns to use program help features such as mouse over text, toolbars, program menus, and online help. 28. Student learns about networks, including LANs and WANs.
 * Computer Navigation**

50. Student learns the different parts of an email message. 51. Student understands the basics of email operation. 52. Student will develop an understanding of the concept that computers can become infected with viruses, and that one must use caution and seek help when opening email. 53. Student will understand etiquette and develop resources to cope with online bullying.
 * Email**

54. Student is introduced to concepts of audience and story sequence.
 * Presentation**

59. Student learns to browse the World Wide Web by following links, using bookmarks, and using the back and forward buttons. 62. Student will develop a concept of community and apply it to the knowledge of the Internet. 63. Student will develop an understanding of the need to make responsible choices to ensure personal safety when using the Internet. 64. Student will develop an understanding of the concept of Intellectual Property and apply this understanding to their Internet use.
 * Web Browsing**

1. Student understands the concept of a database and why databases are useful. 2. Student understands how databases are used. 3. Student gains familiarity with using a database to search for information by using the library card catalog. 4. Student understands how to tell if a search was successful, and how to determine the usefulness of the information found.
 * Database**