Grade 4

 

Central Idea:

Family histories provide an insight into culture, family and the individual.

An Inquiry Into:

• Family ancestry and the circumstances that stimulated changes over time.
• Artefacts and personal items important to the family.
• Events celebrating identity within the family.
• Similarities and differences between generations in the family

 

Central Idea:

People through their inventions have contributed to the changes in society.

An Inquiry Into:

• What inventions and technologies are.
• How inventors think, work, and solve problems.
• How inventions impact our lives.
• Social circumstances in history that led to specific inventions.

 

Central Idea:

Humor is a universal form of expression.

An Inquiry Into:

• How humor is communicated through the arts.
• The elements and styles of comic design.
• How there are humorous situations in everyday life.

 

Central Idea:

There are powerful forces that constantly change the earth’s physical features and the life it supports

An Inquiry Into:

• What makes up the earth.
• What forces change the earth and how.
• How these changes affect living things.

 

Central Idea:

We need skills, knowledge, and personal qualities that enable us to work and participate in society.

An Inquiry Into:

• The jobs people do to contribute to the functioning of society.
• Specific skills and knowledge that are needed to do most jobs.
• Personal qualities that society values.
• There are a variety of choices and circumstances that lead people toward certain work experiences.

 

Central Idea:

A biome is a major ecological system that has a distinctive climate, plants, animals, and other living organisms.

An Inquiry Into:

• The components of a biome.
• Where the different kinds of biome are found.
• How and why living things adapt to their environment.
• Issues that affect the survival of biomes and the role we play.