What does a student learn in StateNew Mexico,GradeGrade 4,SubjectSocial Studies?

Construct Compelling and Supporting Questions

Generate compelling questions in an inquiry.

Use supporting questions to help answer the compelling question in an inquiry.

Develop Claims

Cite evidence that supports a response to supporting or compelling questions.

Communicate and Critique Conclusions

Construct responses to compelling questions using reasoning, examples, and relevant details.

Take Informed Action

Identify challenges and opportunities when taking action to address problems or issues, including predicting possible outcomes.

Use deliberative and democratic procedures to make decisions about and act on civic problems or issues in their classrooms.

Processes, Rules, and Laws

Examine and evaluate the rules, laws, and authorities that keep people safe in New Mexico.

Civic Dispositions and Democratic Principles

Explain how democratic principles guide local, state, and sovereign governments.

Demonstrate understanding that state symbols, holidays, traditions, and songs represent various cultural heritages, natural treasures, and the democratic values of New Mexico.

Power Dynamics, Leadership, and Agency

Investigate how different groups have influenced the ways that state issues are viewed and resolved.

Examine the changes in governance of New Mexico.

Cause and Consequence

Describe the interactions between Indigenous people and European settlers including agriculture, cultural exchanges, alliances, and conflicts.

Historical Thinking

Create a timeline that depicts events and the changes in New Mexico during a selected time period.

Critical Consciousness and Perspectives

Explain why various individuals and groups during the same historical period differed in their perspectives towards significant historical events.

Diversity and Identity

Participate in inquiry of other people's lives and experiences while demonstrating respect and empathy for others.

Identity in History

Explain connections among historical contexts and people's perspectives at the time.

Economic Decision Making

Explain the impact of using natural resources on the local, county, and state economy.

Economic Systems and Models

Explain how trade and industry in New Mexico is impacted by bordering economies (Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Texas).

Research and create a list of products, goods, and services that New Mexico imports and exports.

Money and Markets

Explore the significance of various industries in New Mexico.

Personal Financial Literacy

Establish the purpose of banks and how they work.

Explain what a checking and savings account are used for.

Movement, Population, and Systems

Describe the different groups of people that have settled in New Mexico throughout history and describe their contributions to New Mexico cultures.

Geographic Representations and Reasoning

Examine and synthesize (combine) data from at least two types of maps (physical, topographical, or Geographic thematic maps) to support a claim about the regional divisions of New Mexico and compare and contrast its Representations and diverse geography.

Using a variety of maps, investigate and compare how New Mexico's boundaries have changed over time.

Apply geographic tools of title, grid system, legends, symbols, scale and compass rose to construct and interpret digital and analog maps.

Describe and identify the regions and four provinces that make up New Mexico's land surface.

Human-Environmental Interactions and Sustainability

Explore how geographic factors influence locations of settlements and use of natural resources to meet the basic needs of humans.