Content Area: Social Studies

 

Index: 6.2E Grade 4 CPI 1

 

Standard: 6.2 - Civics

 

Strand: E - International Education: Global Challenges, Cultures, and Connections

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 1 -  The student will explain that the world is divided into many nations consisting of territory and people, with their own government, languages, customs, and laws.

 

Grade: 4

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        Imagining Population Characteristics of a World Village.  Students predict the distribution of population characteristics, such as gender, origin, language, and religion, in a representative world village of 1,000 people. They compare their individual and group predictions with actual data by creating graphic representations and analyzing differences. Next, students identify the distribution and characteristics of populations at different scales (e.g., a village of 100 people) and use different charts (e.g., chloropleth maps, pie charts, bar graphs) to display the information. Encourage them to visualize and draw a typical scene in the world village (e.g., market, housing, office). Ask students to research answers to questions such as the following: What problems would exist in terms of communication? How could these difficulties be overcome? What kind of government (e.g., democracy, republic, dictatorship) would most likely develop? Why? Students design a flag for the world village and explain why they chose the colors and design that they did.