{"product_id":"texas-state-history-grade-4-complete-32-week-full-year-curriculum","title":"Texas State History Grade 4 - Complete 32 Week Full-Year Curriculum","description":"\u003cp\u003eTeach Grade 4 Texas State History as one connected \u003cstrong\u003e32-week full-year curriculum\u003c\/strong\u003e. This complete program includes all \u003cstrong\u003e24 original five-day Dynamic History weekly modules\u003c\/strong\u003e plus \u003cstrong\u003esix unit fifth weeks, six Texas Story Cards, six Unit Finals, Celebrate Freedom Week, and The Story of Texas Capstone Choice Week\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 24 original modules build the historical sequence. The added fifth weeks slow the pace after each four-week unit so students can revisit evidence, practice one historical-thinking move, complete a substantial class-contained synthesis activity, create a Story Card, and take a Unit Final. The six Story Cards then become the evidence base students use in the final Week 32 capstone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWant to preview a complete week first?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/texas-state-history-grade-4-texas-maps-regions-landforms-week-1-full-curriculum\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTry the full Week 1 curriculum - 100% FREE DOWNLOAD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eEverything included in the complete full-year curriculum\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAll 24 original five-day Dynamic History weekly modules\u003c\/strong\u003e covering the complete original Texas State History sequence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e24 Dynamic History core investigations\u003c\/strong\u003e with guided reading, live maps, historical and geographic evidence, questions, feedback, and structured reasoning.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStandard and Accessible pathways\u003c\/strong\u003e with equivalent Grade 4 learning targets, plus aligned print options for paper-based instruction and technology backup.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeek-specific Day 3 and Day 4 applications\u003c\/strong\u003e including video evidence, source work, map labs, Readers Theater, simulations, decision challenges, and other substantial applications.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e12 Readers Theater weeks\u003c\/strong\u003e where performance supports fluency, perspective, chronology, discussion, and historical interpretation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e6 place-based Virtual Field Trips\u003c\/strong\u003e scheduled in Original Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, and 24.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e24 weekly Teacher Guides and Answer Keys\u003c\/strong\u003e with lesson-level planning, timing, facilitation, differentiation, answer guidance, substitute support, and assessment choices.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e24 weekly Day 5 mastery assessments\u003c\/strong\u003e with the print and digital options supplied for each week.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e6 complete unit fifth weeks\u003c\/strong\u003e that provide evidence review, historical-thinking practice, substantial synthesis\/application work, one Texas Story Card, and a Unit Final.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e6 Texas Story Cards\u003c\/strong\u003e that create a saved course-long evidence record students use again in Week 32.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e6 Unit Finals\u003c\/strong\u003e, each assessing only the four original weekly modules that came before its fifth week.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCelebrate Freedom Week\u003c\/strong\u003e, a complete print-first casebook and Freedom Hearing sequence focused on founding principles, emancipation and Juneteenth evidence, voting-rights change, fair-rule reasoning, listening, discussion, and an individual evidence-based decision.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Story of Texas Capstone Choice Week\u003c\/strong\u003e with four final project pathways, project guides, rubrics, presentation support, audience records, individual accountability, final reflection, and Story Card backup\/repair support.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEducator Planning Guide\u003c\/strong\u003e for course-level pacing, implementation, assessment, accessibility, grouping, technology, substitute\/make-up planning, Story Card management, presentation planning, TEKS scope and sequence, and course launch.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStudent Syllabus\u003c\/strong\u003e with a Grade 4-friendly overview of the course, weekly rhythm, six units, Story Cards, special weeks, and final capstone.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlexible print and digital options\u003c\/strong\u003e for 1:1 devices, shared devices, teacher projection, blended instruction, technology interruptions, and print-forward classrooms.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe six-unit full-year sequence\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eUnit 1 - Texas Geography \u0026amp; 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Control.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCourse Week 10 - Early Texas Crossroads Case File:\u003c\/strong\u003e Story Card #2; historical-thinking focus: \u003cstrong\u003ePerspective\u003c\/strong\u003e; evidence trace, four-folder case-file investigation, individual Close the Case report, and Unit 2 Final.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eUnit 3 - Revolution \u0026amp; Republic | Course Weeks 11-15\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Weeks 9-12:\u003c\/strong\u003e Causes of the Texas Revolution; The Alamo: Battle, Memory \u0026amp; Evidence; Goliad, Runaway Scrape \u0026amp; San Jacinto; Building the Republic of Texas.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCourse Week 15 - Revolution Newsroom:\u003c\/strong\u003e Story Card #3; historical-thinking focus: \u003cstrong\u003eCause and Effect\u003c\/strong\u003e; source desk, broadcast build, evidence-based newsroom presentations, listener evidence logs, and Unit 3 Final.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eUnit 4 - Statehood, Civil War \u0026amp; 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Each fifth week creates one saved Story Card. Across the year, students build evidence records around \u003cstrong\u003eStrong Evidence, Perspective, Cause and Effect, Change Over Time + Different Experiences, Opportunity and Tradeoff, and Citizenship Today\u003c\/strong\u003e. Week 32 begins by bringing those six evidence records back together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAssessment designed as one system\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Weeks 1-24:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dynamic History tasks are primarily formative; Day 5 is the weekly mastery assessment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUnit fifth weeks:\u003c\/strong\u003e Days 1-4 are synthesis\/application; Day 5 is the formal Unit Final for the preceding four original weeks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCelebrate Freedom Week:\u003c\/strong\u003e case-file work, evidence reasoning, hearing preparation, listening notes, and the final evidence-based decision provide the main evidence of learning.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeek 32:\u003c\/strong\u003e the project-specific rubric, presentation, individual contribution record, and final reflection serve as the course culmination.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBuilt for real classrooms\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe course supports 1:1 devices, shared devices, teacher projection, and print-forward instruction. Standard and Accessible readers teach the same assessed historical ideas. Teachers can adjust reading load, writing load, pacing, response mode, or grouping while preserving the central evidence and reasoning target.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe added fifth weeks and Week 32 are designed to be class-contained. Core success does not depend on outside research, purchased student supplies, family help, or access to a special presentation room. A normal classroom is sufficient for the Evidence Expo, Newsroom, Transformation Showcase, civic work, and final capstone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWant to see the complete plan before choosing?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/texas-state-history-grade-4-free-educator-planning-guide\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDownload the FREE Educator Planning Guide\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e for the complete 32-week course map, weekly system, unit fifth-week architecture, Story Card progression, assessment guidance, accessibility options, technology models, substitute planning, presentation planning, TEKS scope and sequence, and capstone implementation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeed only the 24 original weekly modules?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/texas-state-history-grade-4-24-week-dynamic-history-curriculum-bundle\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSee the Texas State History Grade 4 - 24 Week Dynamic History Curriculum Bundle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 24-week bundle contains the complete Original Weeks 1-24 sequence without the six additional fifth weeks, Story Card system, Unit Finals, Celebrate Freedom Week, Week 32 capstone, or the added full-year synthesis\/project materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBest fit\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned for Grade 4 Texas Social Studies and aligned to the current Texas Grade 4 Social Studies TEKS documented throughout the weekly Teacher Guides and course-level planning materials. 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