Early Ohio History Activity Bundle for 4th Grade Social Studies

Are you teaching the history of Ohio to your elementary students? This comprehensive bundle contains over 30 student centered, engaging activities aligned to the 4th grade Ohio Social Studies standards! The units include Ohio’s early transportation, inventors & innovations from Ohio, Ohio’s natural resources and modifications to the environment, and early history in the state. The topics covered include the development of transportation in Ohio including the canal and steam engine, the inventors and their inventions that helped shape Ohio, positive and negative modifications to the environment, the natural resources found in Ohio, the French and Indian War, how Ohio became a state, the War of 1812, and other battles that influenced Ohio’s history (Fallen Timbers, Tippecanoe, etc) and SO MUCH MORE!

Activities include student friendly background information, Doodle Notes, games, flip books, timelines, charts, Reader’s Theaters, assessments, Jeopardy games, vocabulary cards and activities, posters and several Reader’s Theaters covering all of these topics. The activities can stand alone or supplement any social studies curriculum! Check out the preview for a closer look at all the amazing content included in this bundle! A must have for any 4th grade Ohio Social Studies teacher!

WHAT ALL IS INCLUDED??

Transportation Unit

*14 vocabulary cards & activity sheets

*Transportation Vocabulary assessment

*6 transportation posters (Animals/Native American paths, canoes, covered wagons, steamboats, National Road, canals, railroads, airplanes)

*Transportation cartoon

*Transportation timeline

*4 pages of Doodle Notes with answer key

*Flip book for methods/development of transportation

*Reader's Theater: Wheels of Progress

Inventors & Innovations Unit

*8 different inventor information sheets

*Inventor SCOOT game

* vocabulary cards & activities

* Invention chart for now vs then innovations

*persuasive paragraph writing on a new invention

*Invention Convention Reader's Theater

*3 page comprehensive assessment

Natural Resources in Ohio Unit

*Ohio’s Natural Resource Informational sheet with included map/activity

*Sorting chart on renewable/nonrenewable resources

*project based learning activity: How to Make Blueberry Pancakes and see Ohio

*Google Slide Presentation link for PBL activity

*Modifications to the environment information sheet

*Positive/Negative modification effects on environment chart

*Reader's Theater about Natural Resources in Ohio

*4 Page Assessment with answer key

French & Indian War Unit

*kid friendly article covering the main causes, events, and outcomes of the war

*a close reading and doodle note page

*a colorful map to provide a visual representation of the territories involved

*a hands-on sorting activity covering the two sides of the war

*French & Indian War reader’s theater script

*a Jeopardy review game

* self grading Google Form

Early Statehood & History

*a group scoot game analyzing how early statehood occurs

*Reader’s Theater: Journey to Statehood

*Reader’s Theater: War of 1812

*Reader’s Theater: The Northwest Territory

*Reader’s Theater: Johnny Appleseed

*Reader’s Theater: Early Battles of Ohio

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