Indiana Social Studies 4.G.8

Social Studies4th GradeGeography

The Standard

Identify historical perspectives about Native Americans, Africans, early settlers, and other immigrant groups.

2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students read short accounts from Native people, Africans, settlers, and immigrants. They identify whose view each account shows and use a detail to explain it.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can explain what a person wanted, feared, or experienced, using words from that person's account. They can show how two people viewed the same event differently.
Common Misconceptions: Students may assume all Native nations shared one view or that all Africans came to America by choice. They may treat a settler's account as the whole story, rather than one person's view.
How to Assess It: Hand out two short accounts of the same settlement, one from a Native person and one from a settler. Ask: "How did each person view the settlement? Underline one detail in each account that supports your answer."

Lesson moves

Give pairs four brief historical accounts, one from each group; students sort by speaker and highlight a phrase showing that person's view.
Read Native and settler accounts of the same settlement; ask, "What did each person stand to gain or lose?"
Play source detective: read an account aloud, have teams name the speaker, and ask them to cite one phrase as proof.
Display a local history museum webpage; students list whose accounts appear and whose accounts are missing.

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