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ASSET
Recommends... Reviewed
Sites Making Connections Across the Curriculum
The following resources have been reviewed by ASSET and evaluated for their educational content and alignment to the Arizona Academic Standards. They include engaging activities for learners from Thinkfinity and other trusted sources and they model appropriate use of technology to address individual learning styles and needs. They provide a supplement to your 4th Grade Arizona Unit.
Thinkfinity is a free resource for all teachers. The Arizona Department of Education is recruiting educators from around Arizona to align all of the great resources in Thinkfinity to the Arizona Academic Standards. If you are interested in participating in this alignment project, log into IDEAL and follow the links. |
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Maps of Arizona
Need a printable map of Arizona? Try the National Geographic Atlas for Xpeditions. You can print a detailed map or a basic blank one.
The
Arizona Story Link - Pgs. 29, 59, 365
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| Historical Railroad Maps of Arizona
 This page, from the EDSITEment-reviewed Library of Congress American Memory project, features a collection of nineteenth-century maps depicting Arizona railroads. These historical maps illustrate the growth of travel and settlement, as well as the development of industry and agriculture in the United States. Click the "Railroad Maps" link at the top of the page to view additional railroad maps from the United States and Canada
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Arizona Story Link - Pgs 224-226
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On this date in history: February 24
(You can actually choose any date and search)
 This
site, from the Library of Congress's Amercian Memory project
gives many details and facts surrounding Arizona’s early
history.
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| Ask an Expert
 Do your students have questions about biology of Arizona? This site from ASU allows your students to ask an expert on living things in Arizona.
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The Dine (Navajo) Tribe
 Studying about native American tribes in Arizona? This UofA site gives a variety of information about the Dine (Navajo) people and their culture.
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Arizona Story Link - Pg 158
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Arizona Academic Standards Connection #10
Social Studies Grade 4 |
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Concept 1: The World in Spatial Terms |
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PO 1. Use different types of maps to solve
problems (i.e., road maps -distance, resource
maps-products, historical maps- boundaries,
thematic map - climates).
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a. title
b. compass rose (cardinal and intermediate directions)
c. symbols
d. legend
e. scale
f. road map index
g. grid (latitude and longitude)
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PO 3. Construct maps using symbols to represent human and physical features.
o PO 7. Locate physical and human features in Arizona using maps, illustrations, or images: |
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a. physical (e.g., Grand Canyon, Mogollon Rim, Colorado River, Gila River, Salt River)
b. human (e.g., Phoenix,Yuma, Flagstaff, Tucson, Prescott, Hoover Dam, Roosevelt Dam)
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Arizona Academic Standards Connection #11
Social Studies: Grade 4 |
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• Strand 1: American History |
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Concept 7: Emergence of the Modern United States |
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PO 2. Describe the advent of the innovations in transportation (e.g. railroads) that hlped Arizona’s growth and economy.
Concept 10: Contemporary United States
o PO 2. Discuss the connections between current and historical events and issues from content studied in Strand 1 using information from class discussions and various resources (e.g., newspapers, magazines, television, Internet, books, maps). |
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Arizona Academic Standards Connection #12
Social Studies Grade 4 |
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• Strand 1: American History |
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Concept 7: Emergence of the Modern United States |
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PO 4. Recognize that Arizona changed from a territory to a state on February 14, 1912. |
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Arizona Academic Standards Connection #13
Science Grade 4 |
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• Strand 4: Life Science
Life Science expands students’- biological
understanding of life by focusing on the
characteristics of living things, the diversity
of life, and how organisms and populations
change over time in terms of biological
adaptation and genetics. This understanding
includes the relationship of structures
to their functions and life cycles, interrelationships
of matter and energy in living organisms,
and the interactions of living organisms
with their environment.
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Concept 4: Diversity, Adaptation, and Behavior
Identify plant and animal adaptations.
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o PO 1. Recognize that successful characteristics of populations are inherited traits that are favorable in a particular environment.
o PO 2. Give examples of adaptations that allow plants and animals to survive. |
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camouflage
- horned lizards, coyotes
mimicry - Monarch and Viceroy butterflies
physical - cactus spines
mutualism - species of acacia that harbor
ants, which repel other harmful insects
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Arizona Academic Standards Connection #14
Social Studies Grade 4 |
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• Strand 1: American History |
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Concept 7: Emergence of the Modern United States |
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PO 5. Recognize the formation of Native American communities and reservations in Arizona (e.g., Gila River Reservation, Yaquis, Colorado River Indian Tribes). |
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Thinkfinity is a resource provided free of charge to all
AZ K-12 public school educators under the Curriculum, Instruction,
and Professional Development link in the IDEAL Learning
Environment. For information on creating your own IDEAL
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