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Number: SS.4.A.4

Title: Growth of Florida

Type: Standard

Subject: Social Studies

Grade: 4

Strand: American History

Related Benchmarks

This cluster includes the following benchmarks

Code	Description
SS.4.A.4.1:	Explain the effects of technological advances on Florida.
SS.4.A.4.2:	Describe pioneer life in Florida.

Related Access Points

This cluster includes the following access points.

Access Points

Access Point Number	Access Point Title
SS.4.A.4.AP.1:	Identify technological advances that helped Florida to grow.
SS.4.A.4.AP.2:	Identify characteristics of pioneer life in Florida.

Related Resources

Vetted resources educators can use to teach the concepts and skills in this topic.

Lesson Plans

Name	Description
Making Improvements Through Progress: Then and Now:	In this lesson plan, students will learn how citizens can work with local government to solve problems. They will also learn how technological advances in the 1800s affected Florida. They will work in groups to brainstorm ideas of modern-day problems and historical problems that government and citizens may need to solve.
Pioneer City MEA:	In this Model-Eliciting Activity (MEA), students can create a process of choosing the "Best Pioneer City" in Florida based on certain given criteria. The students will have to reformulate their process once provided with additional criteria on which to base their model. Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. MEAs resemble engineering problems and encourage students to create solutions in the form of mathematical and scientific models. Students work in teams to apply their knowledge of science and mathematics to solve an open-ended problem while considering constraints and tradeoffs. Students integrate their ELA skills into MEAs as they are asked to clearly document their thought processes. MEAs follow a problem-based, student-centered approach to learning, where students are encouraged to grapple with the problem while the teacher acts as a facilitator. To learn more about MEAs visit: https://www.cpalms.org/cpalms/mea.aspx
Discovering Florida's Past with A Land Remembered (Lesson 1 of 2):	Explore the adventures of the MacIvey family with A Land Remembered Student Edition, Volume 1. Tag along as the family overcomes tragedy in the Florida wilderness while learning to use evidence in the text to support thinking. In this lesson students will learn about what life was like for pioneers in Florida. Students will relate to the characters by writing journal entries from a character's perspective.
Discovering Florida's Past with A Land Remembered (Lesson 2 of 2):	Students will go on adventures with the MacIvey family as they work cooperatively to summarize a text.