Common Planner
K–12 Standards

Grade 4

Other Hawaii Social Studies sets

Anchor and Inquiry Standards

  • 1.

    Developing Questions and Planning Inquiries3-5.1

    1. 1.

      Construct compelling questions and explain the importance of the questions to self and othersSS.3-5.1.1

    2. 2.

      Categorize questions according to the social studies disciplinesSS.3-5.1.2

    3. 3.

      Create supporting questions to help answer compelling questionsSS.3-5.1.3

    4. 4.

      Explain how supporting questions help answer compelling questionsSS.3-5.1.4

  • 2.

    Gathering and Evaluating Sources3-5.2

    1. 1.

      Determine whether a source is primarily fact or opinionSS.3-5.2.1

    2. 2.

      Determine whether a source is primary or secondarySS.3-5.2.2

    3. 3.

      Gather relevant information from multiple sources that would be helpful in addressing compelling and supporting questionsSS.3-5.2.3

  • 3.

    Creating Claims3-5.3

    1. 1.

      Develop claims in response to compelling questionsSS.3-5.3.1

    2. 2.

      Identify specific evidence that supports the claimsSS.3-5.3.2

  • 4.

    Communicating Conclusions3-5.4

    1. 1.

      Construct arguments and explanations about classroom, school, or community issues and use relevant reasons to support the argumentsSS.3-5.4.1

    2. 2.

      Respectfully ask and answer questions about the reasons others use in their arguments and explanationsSS.3-5.4.2

    3. 3.

      Present arguments and explanations using a variety of print, oral, and digital technologiesSS.3-5.4.3

  • 5.

    Taking Informed Action3-5.5

    1. 1.

      Identify local, regional, or global problems or issues in various times and placesSS.3-5.5.1

    2. 2.

      Explain different ways students could work individually or in collaboration with others (e.g., other students, teachers, community and/or global organizations) to address local, regional, or global problems or issues and predict possible results of their actionsSS.3-5.5.2

    3. 3.

      Use deliberative and democratic procedures (e.g., listening, consensus-building, voting) to identify ways to take action about local and/or regional problems or issuesSS.3-5.5.3

    4. 4.

      Show evidence of taking individual or group action on one or more problems or issuesSS.3-5.5.4

Content Standards

  • 1.

    Describe how early Hawaiians viewed the creation of the world and their environment through oral traditionsSS.4.1.18.1

  • 2.

    Summarize migration stories passed down through Hawaiian oral traditionSS.4.1.18.2

  • 3.

    Explain how voyaging skills and canoe design allowed Polynesians to travel from Asia throughout the Pacific to HawaiʻiSS.4.1.15.3

  • 1.

    Identify major geographic characteristics of the Hawaiian archipelago, including its relative location to other major land massesSS.4.2.13.1

  • 2.

    Explain how geographic characteristics of the islands influenced locations of early settlementsSS.4.2.16.2

  • 3.

    Describe how the original settlers modified their environmentSS.4.2.14.3

  • 1.

    Analyze how early Hawaiians used natural resources to meet their needsSS.4.3.10.1

  • 2.

    Differentiate between native and non-native plants and animals used by early HawaiiansSS.4.3.15.2

  • 1.

    Compare aspects of early Hawaiian culture and other Polynesian culturesSS.4.4.16.1

  • 2.

    Explain how core values of the early Hawaiians are applicable to modern-day HawaiʻiSS.4.4.7.2

  • 1.

    Investigate the roles of gods in early Hawaiian societySS.4.5.6.1

  • 2.

    Summarize how the concept of mana and one's genealogy determined rights and responsibilitiesSS.4.5.6.2

  • 1.

    Explain how the kapu system regulated people's behavior and livesSS.4.6.8.1

  • 2.

    Analyze how the kapu system maintained natural resourcesSS.4.6.9.2

  • 1.

    Use maps and illustrations to explain how Hawaiians used and modified land in the ahupua'aSS.4.7.14.1

  • 2.

    Analyze how specialization of labor and the exchange of goods and services created a successful interdependent society in the ahupua'aSS.4.7.10.2

  • 1.

    Explain the roles and responsibilities of the aliʻi in governing Hawaiian societySS.4.8.8.1

  • 2.

    Analyze major events that led to the unification of Hawaiʻi Island by Kamehameha ISS.4.8.17.2

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 4
When were these standards adopted?
2018
Where can I read the official document?
Hawaii Core Standards for Social Studies - Grade 4

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