Indiana Social Studies 4.G.7
The Standard
Identify migration patterns into and out of the state and explain how they contributed to the early development and cultural structures of communities.
2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students trace routes into and out of Indiana on a map. They explain how those moves changed where people lived and how communities formed.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can show settlers moving into Indiana from Kentucky and Ohio and Potawatomi people being forced west. They can explain how new towns grew while removal broke apart Potawatomi communities.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may assume everyone moved by choice. They may also think Indiana was empty before settlers arrived or that Potawatomi communities simply disappeared.
How to Assess It
- Give students a blank Indiana map. Ask them to draw one route into the state and one route out, then write how each move affected a community.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Use yarn and a map to trace settlers arriving from Kentucky and Ohio and Potawatomi people forced west.
Ask students to write: How did a settler family’s move differ from a Potawatomi family’s forced removal?
Give pairs route cards and community-change cards to match, then have them explain each match aloud.
Read a local town history page and list clues about who arrived, where they came from, and what they built.
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Related Standards
- 8.G.4
Using maps, identify changes influenced by growth, economic development, and human migration in the United States.
- IS.3.6
Identify immigration and migration patterns and describe their impact on the developments of agriculture, industry, mining, and transportation in Indiana.
- 3.H.8
Define immigration and explain how it contributed to the early development and cultural structures of communities.
- 8.G.6
Analyze human and physical factors that have influenced migration and settlement patterns and relate them to the economic development of the United States.
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