4th grade Instructional Guide

End of Unit Competency Students will learn that while recorded history of Utah spans just a few centuries, humans have lived in the land now called Utah for thousands of years. They will recognize that for centuries the historic tribal groups of Utah-the Goshute, Navajo (Diné), Paiute, Shoshone, and Ute-adapted to their ever-changing environment. Students will understand that more adaptations occurred due to contact and trade wile Utah was part of the Spanish Empire and later Mexico. Students will identify the factors that encouraged early trade and exploration among varied explorers and frontiersmen. Language Features: ● Nouns: physical features, geographic features, culture, economy, trade, scarcity, supply and demand, latitude, longitude, hemisphere, climate, natural resources, landforms, regions, geographic tools, primary source, secondary source, communities ● Verbs: model, create, use evidence, infer, explain, apply, analyze, describe SKILLS VOCABULARY (Can be supplemented by Wonders and be classroom-specifc)

● model ● create ● use ● infer ● explain ● apply ● analyze ● describe evidence

● physical forces ● geographic features ● erosion

● longitude ● hemisphere ● climate ● natural resources ● landforms ● regions

● seismic activity ● climate change ● artifacts ● geography ● culture

● geographic tools ● primary source ● secondary source ● Native American communities ● Ute

● prehistoric Native American culture ● historic Native American culture ● trade ● scarcity ● supply and demand ● trade ● latitude

● Paiute ● Navajo ● Shoshone ● Goshute