Kentucky Center for African American Heritage

 

 

  
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Elementary School – Grade 4
    

 

 

 

 

 

Core Content Guide

2.0.08
Identify main ideas and details that support them.

2.08.10
Connect the content of a passage to real world issues.

4.1.1
Simple physical, political, and
thematic maps can be used to find and explain locations and display information.

4.3.2
Humans usually settle where
there are adequate resources to meet their needs.

4.4.3
The physical environment both
promotes and limits human activities.

5.1.1
Accounts of historical events are influenced by the perceptions of people and the passing of time.

    

 

4.1 River Crossings

Pre-Visit
Using a map of Kentucky, students locate main rivers and streams in the state; identify key waterways; find cities and towns in relation to those waterways; discuss how water has impacted settlement and transportation; and determine how water defines Kentucky’s borders.

Students read poetry and prose, including excerpts from slave narratives, and listen to songs about water and rivers. Students select words or phrases from these resources and create lists to indicate that water can both promote and limit human activities.

Before a visit to the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage, students discuss the theme, “One More River to Cross,” and what it might possibly mean. Students define metaphor and give examples.

In the Museum
While on a field trip in the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage, students complete the “My Journey of River Crossings” Worksheet, answering questions about various types of river imagery in the exhibit.

Post-Visit
After a field trip, students share the completed worksheets in class. Students again tell what they think “One More River to Cross” means as the theme for the exhibits.

Students write an open response to “Describe the One More ‘River’ we have yet to cross and one way we may be able to help ourselves or others cross it.”