Historic newspapers are ideal resources for Oregon history lessons aimed at fulfilling Oregon Common Core State Standards for Grade 4 Social Sciences. Below is a list of applicable standards and lesson plans that support each standard using Historic Oregon Newspapers in the classroom. Additionally, we have compiled a list of newspaper articles by topic related to Oregon and Oregon history, for quick and easy use in existing lessons.
Historical Knowledge
4.1. Identify and describe historic Native American Indian groups that lived in Oregon prior to contact with Europeans and at the time of early European exploration, including ways these groups adapted to and interacted with the physical environment.
4.2. Explain how key individuals and events influenced the early growth and changes in Oregon.
- Abigail Scott Duniway and Women’s Suffrage
- John McLoughlin: Context Clues
- Lewis and Clark: The Voyage of Discovery
- Oregon’s First Resource Industry: Fur Trade and Beaver Ecology
- The Oregon Trail and Pioneer History
Historical Thinking
4.5. Distinguish between fact and fiction in historical accounts by comparing documentary sources on historical figures and events with fictional characters and events in stories.
4.6. Create and evaluate timelines that show relationships among people, events, and movements in Oregon history.
- Advertising Through the Ages
- Lewis and Clark: The Voyage of Discovery
- The Oregon Trail and Pioneer History
4.7. Use primary and secondary sources to create or describe a narrative about events in Oregon history.
- Advertising Through the Ages
- John McLoughlin: Context Clues
- Lewis and Clark: The Voyage of Discovery
- The Oregon Trail and Pioneer History
Geography
4.9. Explain the influence of Oregon and the Northwest’s physical systems on humans, including Native Americans.
4.10. Compare and contrast varying patterns of settlements in Oregon, past and present, and consider future trends.
4.11. Identify conflicts involving use of land, natural resources, economy, and competition for scarce resources, different political views, boundary disputes, and cultural differences within Oregon and between different geographical areas.
- Bounty of the Sea: Salmon in Oregon
- Introduction to Speleology: Three Great Caves of Oregon
- Oregon’s First Resource Industry: Fur Trade and Beaver Ecology
4.12. Explain how people in Oregon have modified their environment and how the environment has influenced people’s lives.
- Bounty of the Sea: Salmon in Oregon
- Lewis and Clark: The Voyage of Discovery
- Oregon’s First People: Native American Barter and Exchange
- The Oregon Trail and Pioneer History
Civics and Government
4.15. Describe and evaluate how historical Oregon governments affected groups within the state (citizens, foreigners, women, class systems, minority groups, tribes).
- Abigail Scott Duniway and Women’s Suffrage
- Oregon’s First People: Native American Barter and Exchange
Economics/Financial Literacy
4.17. Analyze different buying choices and their opportunity costs while demonstrating the difference between needs and wants.
4.18. Identify key industries of Oregon.
Social Science Analysis
4.20. Describe the sequence of events in given current and historical accounts.