Standard 4: Growth of Florida

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Number: SS.4.A.4
Title: Growth of Florida
Type: Standard
Subject: Social Studies
Grade: 4
Strand: American History

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Access Points

SS.4.A.4.AP.1
Identify technological advances that helped Florida to grow.
SS.4.A.4.AP.2
Identify characteristics of pioneer life in Florida.

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Making Improvements Through Progress: Then and Now:

In this lesson plan, students will learn how citizens can work with local government to solve problems.  They will also learn how technological advances in the 1800s affected Florida.  They will work in groups to brainstorm ideas of modern-day problems and historical problems that government and citizens may need to solve. 

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Pioneer City MEA:

This MEA is designed so that students can create a process of choosing the "Best Pioneer City" in Florida based on certain given criteria. The students will have to reformulate their process once provided with additional criteria on which to base their model.

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Discovering Florida's Past with A Land Remembered (Lesson 1 of 2):

Explore the adventures of the MacIvey family with A Land Remembered Student Edition, Volume 1. Tag along as the family overcomes tragedy in the Florida wilderness while learning to use evidence in the text to support thinking. In this lesson students will learn about what life was like for pioneers in Florida. Students will relate to the characters by writing journal entries from a character's perspective.

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Discovering Florida's Past with A Land Remembered (Lesson 2 of 2):

Students will go on adventures with the MacIvey family as they work cooperatively to summarize a text.

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