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4th Grade Social Studies Curriculum – Adapt & Modify Texas Environment Unit
Unit 3 of the Smart and Simple Social Studies Texas History Guided Curriculum is about Adapting to and Modifying the Physical Environment in Texas. The main topic of this unit is designed to help upper elementary students understand how people in the past and present have adapted to or modified the environment to meet basic needs and the positive and negative effects of these human modifications.
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# of Pages: 102
File Type: PDF, PPT, Google Apps
Description
Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS-aligned resource that targets adapting to and modifying the Texas environment? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 4th-grade students? Look no further!
Unit 3 of the Smart and Simple Social Studies Texas History Guided Curriculum is about Adapting to and Modifying the Physical Environment in Texas. The main topic of this unit is designed to help upper elementary students understand how people in the past and present have adapted to or modified the environment to meet basic needs and the positive and negative effects of these human modifications.
This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, guided notes, practice activities, exit tickets, a project, unit assessment, and more. Each lesson includes slideshows in both PowerPoint and Google Slides, as well as student digital activities of the notes, practice activities, exit tickets, project, and unit assessment.
This unit primarily correlates to the current TEKS 4th Grade Social Studies standards (adopted in 2024). It includes EVERYTHING you need to teach adapting to and modifying the Texas environment – just print & go!
This unit covers the following topics:
- Lesson 1: Adapting to the Physical Environment
- Lesson 2: Modifying the Physical Environment
- Lesson 3: Ways People Adapt and Modify – Timber Clearing
- Lesson 4: Ways People Adapt and Modify – Agricultural Production
- Lesson 5: Ways People Adapt and Modify – Wetlands Drainage
- Lesson 6: Ways People Adapt and Modify – Energy Production
- Lesson 7: Ways People Adapt and Modify – Dam Construction
- Lesson 8: Positive Effects of the Physical Environment
- Lesson 9: Negative Effects of the Physical Environment
- Lesson 10: Adapting and Modifying Texas Environment Review Game
What’s included in this resource?
- 3-week pacing guide and overview
- Scope and Sequence
- 10 teacher lesson plan guides
- 9 non-editable slideshows (Google Drive & PPT versions)
- 1 editable slideshow review game
- Guided notes for Lessons 1-9 (2 versions: fill-in-the-blank and highlighted words) – 2 size options – full-page size for binder and smaller size for notebooks
- 9 practice activities
- 10 exit tickets
- Digital and full-color versions of student activities
- Unit Project
- Unit Assessment
- Answer keys for all student activities
What makes this Guided Social Studies Curriculum Smart and Simple?
✅ The social studies daily lessons and activities are bite-sized and can easily be implemented in 30-45 minutes.
✅ The social studies curriculum is TEKS-aligned (for Texas) but is still flexible enough to use in any order.
✅ Each social studies unit has everything you need to simply teach social studies – easy-to-follow lesson plans, guided notes, practice activities, exit tickets, and more!
It’s everything you need to implement engaging social studies lessons that students love and teachers enjoy (because it’s comprehensive and easy to prep)!
© Kirsten Hammond – The Southern Teach
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