School Year:
2022-2023
Subject:
Social Studies and History
Course ID:
I4006VE
College Concurrent:
No
School District:
Converse County School District #1
Credit Recovery:
No
Program Name:
Converse 1 Virtual Education Program
Course Capacity:
Grade Level(s):
KG-8
LMS Platform: LMS means the course learning management system
Canvas (State LMS)
Delivery Method:
Online Asynchronous
Curriculum Type:
District Developed
Credits:
0.00
Standards:
Wyoming standards alignment available from the district upon request
Hathaway Success Course: No
Days:
See Course Participation below
Advanced Placement:
No
Times:
See Course Participation below
Start - End Dates:
Aug 22, 2022 - May 25, 2023
Available for Purchase:
District Only
Course Description:
Semester A: In grade 4 Social Studies learners will use their understanding of social studies skills to explore their local states and communities. They will begin the course by learning the topography of their area. Students will do this by creating a detailed landscape model. This project will be hands-on and require students to do research of their communities. Learners will also research local animals and gain an understanding of local Native American ground in their part of the country. This course walks students through the research and report writing steps that will be vital to their continuation of social studies. They will continue to focus on their individual states as they do projects based on local geography, state capitols, as well as nearby natural wonders and landforms. The semester concludes with an introduction to Colonial history. The course uses video, enrichment activities, and project-based learning to enhance the student's social studies skills. Semester B: Semester B of grade 4 Social Studies picks up where semester A left off by looking further into frontier life of the early American settlers. Students examine the difficulties that early settlers faced when reaching America. They apply knowledge of historical thinking, chronology, turning points, individuals, and themes of local and Unites States history in order to understand how history has shaped the present and will shape the future. They will continue the focus of local history by doing research projects on settlers from their states and on how their state became a part of the Union. The transition from the Pony Express to the Transcontinental Railroad is a major theme that shows how quickly the United States developed. Students end by creating a time capsule that demonstrates what was important to early settlers from their states.
Course Prerequisites:
None
Required Materials:
None
Course Accessibility:
Tutoring/help w/ district coach and/or other district educators, Text to speech K-12, Canvas Accessibility checker, Language tool for ELL, Accommodations and modifications to students with IEPS and 504s
Course Participation: Student participation in this course is documented by the following:
- Student active time in course logged by the learning management system.
- Coursework submissions recorded by the learning management system.
No
- Academic-based communication between the student and virtual education teacher or learning coach and virtual education teacher.
- When this course is taken by a student in a school with a district-assigned learning coach, seat time attendance may be used to document participation.
- The virtual education teacher verifies participation in the course 1-3 times a week.
- A student is expected to meet progress requirements for the course weekly (flexibility- for example: student can choose to complete weekly progress for a course earlier in the week)
