This parent guide supports parents in helping their child at home with the 4th grade Social Studies content.

This resource accompanies our Rethink 4th Grade Social Studies course. It includes ideas for use, ways to support exceptional children, ways to extend learning, digital resources and tools, tips for supporting English Language Learners and students with visual and hearing impairments. There are also ideas for offline learning. 

A website resource that provides facts and data that documents the forced removal of enslaved persons from Africa and their arrival to North Carolina.

Students will learn about life on the coast of North Carolina and the various aspects of the culture of the people who grew up there.

For this activity, students research an North Carolina industry and present their findings to their classmates.

This virtual field trip from Historic Bath State Site is a fun way to learn more about a kid's life in the 18th century. The field trip packet contains ,links to YouTube videos of costumed interpreters demonstrating historic activities, pre- and post-watch content for educators that provide context and engagement, and follow-up activities (games, crafts, and coloring pages). Live Q&A can be booked as part of the field trip as well.

In this resource, students can learn about the impact of fishing and fishing communities through out the United States. This site is connected with the Smithsonian Museum.

Fort Dobbs has created a series of short videos designed to teach students about the settlement of the Northwest Carolina backcountry, the lives of the Native Americans living in and near the region of Fort Dobbs, the life of a North Carolina Provincial Soldier, and North Carolina's role during the French and Indian War. The videos are designed for teachers to use them separately to fit into their own lessons or can be grouped together by theme.

In this unit, students will explore their neighboring surroundings while learning about the natural resources that are available in their own backyard, as well as positive contributions they can make to minimize negative change in the environment. Furthermore, students will utilize technological resources to broaden their understanding on environmental changes, as well as human and animal adaptation. Additionally, they will gain knowledge through different literature resources during independent and shared reading.

In this resource, students can learn about different waterways which were constructed during the 19th Century in the United States. This resource is connected with the Smithsonian Museums.

Children and adults can enjoy exploring lighthouses and the maritime history of the United States together through children's literature, everyday objects, and hands-on activities

In this lesson, students identify the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail as the official butterfly of the state of North Carolina and explain the historical connection of the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail with the early North Carolina colony.

Did you know that gold was first discovered in the United States in North Carolina? In this short video, students can learn about what makes gold so special, this historic discovery, and how people searched for it in the past.

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 4th Grade Social Studies. 

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 4th Grade Social Studies.

In this virtual resource, students will observe rocks in their own schoolyard and take a virtual field trip to Spencer Mountain, learning from a local historian and geologist about the natural and human history of the landform.

The wakelet site features videos demonstrating hands-on activities for students to complete at school in small, socially-distanced settings. Activities may also be adapted for at-home learning. Some activities incorporate an outdoor component, acknowledging the need to balance screen time with green time to support mental health. Tips for taking your students outside can be found here: https://education.eol.org/cnc_materials/TipsForTeachingOutside.pdf

Students will locate, explore, and photograph evidence of maritime activities affecting them and/or their community, write a detailed description about the effect of the activities, and share both photographs and descriptions online.

Students will learn about Lunsord Lane and the accomplishments he had a a slave and a freed black man.