Grade 4
Key Learnings
BIBLE
Following in His Way: God the Creator, Sustainer, Friend
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Understand that the Bible contains a message for humanity
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Know the structure and divisions of the Bible
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Understand that the "Fruit of the Spirit" are an expression of God's character
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Understand and accept the free gift of salvation
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Know importance of developing, exercising faith in Jesus
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Realize the importance of preparing for a mission and service for God
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Identify specific spiritual gifts given to N T characters
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Understand that God has a plan for everyone's life
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Understand that expressions of adoration are an important part of worship
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Understand the importance of examining and accepting God's unconditional love and forgiveness
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Know that worship and obedience are a natural response to God's gift of salvation
FINE ARTS
Art
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Use different media, techniques and processes to communicate ideas, experiences and stories
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Know the differences among visual characteristics and purposes of art in order to convey ideas
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Select and use subject matter, symbols and ideas to communicate meaning
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Know that the visual arts have both history and specific relationships to various cultures
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Identify specific works of art as belonging to particular cultures, times and places
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Describe how people's experiences influence the development of specific artworks
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Identify connections between the visual arts and other disciplines in the curriculum
Music
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Read meter signatures (2/4, 3/4, 4/4)
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Identify staff, treble clef and measure
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Know names of lines and spaces of treble clef
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Distinguish between secular and sacred music
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Recognize rondo form (ABACA pattern)
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Recognize terms: ritardando, accelerando, allegro, andante
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Recognize how legato/staccato affect music performance
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Experience nationalistic and patriotic music
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Recognize an overture
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Identify parts of the hymnal page
LANGUAGE ARTS
Viewing
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View visual media for a specific learning purpose
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Ask questions for clarification of visual media
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Recognize how impressions of visual media can influence understanding
Listening
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Listen to and show respect for ideas of others
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Identify false or misleading information
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Connect learning to all subjects from what is heard
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Identify persuasive messages
Reading
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Decode unfamiliar words
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Use punctuation clues to help read aloud
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Understand author's purpose
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Read aloud, adjust speed of reading
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Identify figurative language
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Use word origins, derivations to understand word meanings
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Use the thesaurus to learn word meanings
Speaking
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Use notes, memory aids to assist in speaking effectively
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Convey clearly focused main idea and details, making connection and transition among ideas and elements
Visually Representing
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Generate visual media to communicate topic, context, and purpose
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Construct visual media to demonstrate specific information
Writing
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Write legibly in cursive with proper size and form
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Practice the writing process
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Use characteristics of good writing
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Select an organizational structure to fit purpose
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Identify and use declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences
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Write business letters, invitations, and thank-you notes
MATH
Numbers and Operations
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Understand place value through millions
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Understand concept and representation of numbers between zero - one, i.e. fractions - decimals
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Recognize representations for equivalent numbers
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Read, write and compare decimals to the hundredths
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Know equivalents in counting money
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Know how to count up to make change
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Understand how x and ÷ relate to solve problems
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Interpret the meaning of a remainder in a division problem
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Memorize multiplication and division facts through 12
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Multiply a 3- and 4-digit number by a 1-digit number
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Divide using 1-digit divisor and 1- 2- or 3-digit dividend
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Multiply two 2-digit numbers
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Understand simple equivalent fractions
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Convert improper fractions to mixed numbers
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+ and - fractions and mixed numbers with CD
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Estimate solutions
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Understand basic concepts of LCM and GCF
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Reduce simple fractions to lowest terms
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Explore numbers less than zero by extending the number line and through familiar applications
Algebra
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Construct a table of values to solve problems in a mathematical relationship
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Understand how a change in one variable affects the value of another variable
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Use distributive properties
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Make and justify predictions
Geometry
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Describe points, lines and planes
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Use columns and rows to determine position on a grid
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Use coordinate systems to specify locations
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Identify line symmetry in 3-dimensional shapes
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Create models of 3-dimensional objects
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Multiply to find area of rectangles
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Make and test conjectures about geometric properties and relationships, develop arguments to justify conclusions
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Compare similarities and differences of quadrilaterals
Measurement
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Measure length to the nearest ¼ inch
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Use measures less than one unit
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Solve multi-step problems involving measurement
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Estimate and measure the perimeter of irregular shapes
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Compare the number of units to the size of units
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Draw a simple time line
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Determine elapsed time by the hour and half-hour
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Understand time zones and read timetables
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Read Celsius and Fahrenheit thermometers
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Know equivalent measures for simple metric and customary units of length, capacity, weight/mass and time
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Convert simple metric and customary units of length, capacity, weight/mass, and time
Data Analysis/ Probability
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Collect, organize data to tables/graphs with different scales
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Read and interpret data presented in circle graphs
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Conduct simple probability experiments
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Interpret and construct Venn diagrams
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Evaluate the process of data collection
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Spiritual Emphasis
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Recognize that God's ideal for quality living includes a healthy lifestyle
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Incorporate into one's lifestyle the principles that promote health: nutrition, exercise, water, sunlight, temperance, air, rest, trust in God
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Avoid at-risk behaviors
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Apply Christian principles in recreation and sports
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Achieve a balance in work and leisure; balancing physical, mental, social and spiritual activities
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Recognize the interaction of physical, mental and spiritual health with emotional and social well-being
Movement and Motor Skills
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Demonstrate mature form in all locomotor patterns and selected manipulative and non-locomotor skills
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Adapt a skill to the demands of a dynamic, environment
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Acquire beginning skills of specialized movement forms
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Combine movement skills in applied settings
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Apply critical elements to improve personal performance
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Use critical elements to provide feedback to others
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Recognize and apply concepts that impact the quality of increasingly complex movement performance
Lifestyle and Fitness
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Identify several activities related physical fitness
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Associate results of fitness testing to personal health status and ability to perform various activities
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Meet the health-related fitness standards as defined by a fitness testing program
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Experience enjoyment participating in physical activity
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Enjoy practicing activities to increase skill competence
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Interact with friends while participating in group activities
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Use physical activity as a means of self-expression
Sportsmanship and Appropriate Behaviors
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Follow activity-specific rules, procedures and etiquette
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Utilize safety principles in activity situations
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Work cooperatively/productively with a partner, small group
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Work independently/on-task for a specified period of time
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Explore cultural/ethnic self-awareness through participation
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Recognize the attributes that individuals with difference can bring to group activities
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Experience differences and similarities among people by participating in activities of national, cultural, ethnic origins
SCIENCE
Physical: Atomic Structure/Matter
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Explain the structure of atoms as building blocks
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Identify substances as they exist in different states of matter and how they may be changed
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Distinguish between chemical/physical changes in matter
Life: Plants: Classification, Growth, Photosynthesis, Reproduction, Structure/Function
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Group, classify plants based on a variety of characteristics
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Identify conditions necessary for plant survival and growth
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Describe the steps of photosynthesis and sequence them
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Describe life cycle of a plant including pollination process
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Describe basic plant structures, systems, identify functions
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Understand ecosystems and communities and how plants adapt to survive
Earth: Environmental Use: Conservation/Ecology, Pollution
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Identify properties, uses and misuses of Earth materials
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Identify renewable and nonrenewable resources
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Explain how human activity affects the balance of nature
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Recognize that Earth materials are limited and explore strategies for addressing this problem
Health: Disease Prevention, First Aid, Community Health
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Identify sources of diseases and prevention
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Identify appropriate emergency first aid procedures
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Identify important community health care resources
Scientific Inquiry
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Make observations
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Ask questions, form hypotheses based on observations
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Plan a simple investigation
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Collect data from the investigation
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Use data collected to explain the results
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Safely use and store tools and equipment
Service/Career Options
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Explore ways to use Physical, Life, Health, and/or Earth Science to serve the community
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Identify careers in areas of Science
SOCIAL STUDIES
History: Earth's Regions and Its People (Time, Technology, Native People, Early Settlers, National Leaders,
Transportation, Holidays)
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Recognize the importance of God's global mission and the work of the Adventist church
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Understand time measurements
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Understand current events and the history, traditions and holidays of one's state, provinces and other world regions
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Know the influence of early settlers and native people in one's region and state
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Recognize cultural influences in different world regions
Civics: Ideas about Civic Life, Politics and Government
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Know the difference between power and authority
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Know the characteristics of an effective law, understand the consequences of the absence of government and laws
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Understand the role of diversity and the importance of shared values in the United States
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Understand components of state government, constitution
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Know the importance of Christian citizenship
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Develop responsibility through good decision making
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Understand the roles of volunteerism and organized groups in American social and political life
Geography: Geographic Features and Patterns of the Environment
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Know the basic elements of maps and globes
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Use a globe to clarify knowledge of the earth
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Use charts and maps to show the physical and human characteristics of one's state
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Know characteristics of other regions of the United States
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Know how the characteristics of places are shaped by physical and human processes
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Understand how climate, weather effects earth's surface
Economics:
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Understand responsibilities of Christian stewardship in a global economy
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Know which goods/services are produced, delivered and shared in various regions; know why people produce them
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Know how the production of goods and services affects the environment
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Understand that limited resources make economic choices necessary
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Learn how technology impacts the world through inventors/inventions
TECHNOLOGY
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Demonstrate proper use and care of computers and other audio-visual equipment
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Practice using the keyboard
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Become familiar with proper computer terms
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Use computers to express ideas with drawing, multi-media and word processing software
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Learn file management
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Learn about technology related occupations
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Use appropriate input/output devices
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Begin troubleshooting for basic malfunctions
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Become aware of copyright issues
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Practice courtesy and respecting of computer time
Our key learnings are aligned with the North American Division curriculum guides, national standards, McRel Database (Mid-Continental Regional Educational Laboratory) and Ten Sigma (a compilation of standards for 38 states).