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Lesson Plans: 4h Grade Lessons
Classroom-tested American history lessons
The following multi-day lesson plans were created using primary sources and the following textbook: The United States: Making a New Nation, Reflection Series, Harcourt School Publishers, 2007. Each standards-based lesson includes several guided reading strategies with worksheets for students and a scaffolded writing strategy.
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2010 - 2011: Grade 4 Yearlong Plan with Focus Questions and Teacher's Working Theses MS Word 2010 - 2011: Grade 4 Yearlong Plan that lists Academic Literacy Reading & Writing Skills *pdf*
California History Standards	Title of the Lesson	PDF version of the Lesson pdf	Word version of the lesson MS Word
4.1	Regions of California Multi-day lesson plan revised 09/2012		Grade 4 Lesson Plan MS Word
4.2	What the Spanish Brought to California revised 05/2013		Grade 4 Lesson Plan MS Word
4.2, 4.2.5, 4.2.8	Land Grants One day lesson plan		Grade 4 Lesson Plan MS Word
4.22, 4.27	Bear Flag Revolt One day lesson plan revised 09/2012		Grade 4 Lesson Plan MS Word
4.1.3	Gold Rush: Environmental Changes Multi-day lesson plan		Grade 4 Lesson Plan MS Word Summer 2010
4.3, 4.3.3	Gold Rush: Economic Changes One day lesson plan	Grade 4 Lesson Plan pdf	Grade 4 Lesson Plan MS Word
4.3, 4.4	Gold Rush: 08/2011 Diversity and Conflict		Grade 4 Lesson Plan MS Word
4.4.1	Railroads 05/2013		Grade 4 Lesson Plan MS Word
4.4.2	Agriculture 05/2011		Grade 4 Lesson Plan MS Word