Elementary School – Grade 4
Children in
Typical Slave Cabin
Core Content Guide
4.1.1
Simple physical, political, and
thematic maps, globes, charts,
photographs, aerial photography,
and graphs can be used to
find and explain locations and
display information.
4.1.5
Different factors in one location
can have an impact on another
location (e.g., natural disasters, damming a river).
4.2.1
Every place is unique and can
be described by its human (e.g.,
language, religion, housing) and physical characteristics (e.g.,
landforms, climates, water).
4.3.2
Humans usually settle where there are adequate resources to meet their needs (e.g., areas with water, fertile land, protected land, different modes of transportation).
4.4.1
People depend upon the physical environment for food, shelter,
and clothing.
4.4.3
The physical environment both
promotes and limits human activities (e.g., mountains as barriers or as
protection, rivers used as boundaries or transportation routes).
