Selinsgrove Area Intermediate School

Fourth Grade

Social Studies

The curriculum will include the use of map, graph, and chart skills as well as the study of the history and development of Pennsylvania. Students will explore the function of the state government and issues that effect the citizens of Pennsylvania.

Biographies of Famous Pennsylvanians

Click on these sites to search for information:

Simon Snyder, Govenor Snyder info

Anthony Selin

Joe Paterno	Christy Mathewson	Harriet Tubman	Martha Graham	Betsy Ross Page   2
Edwin Drake	Marian Anderson	Molly Pitcher	Pearl Buck	Ben Franklin
Charles Barkley	Tara Lipinski	Jerry Spinelli	Louisa May Alcott	Roy Campanella

Rachel Carson	Andrew Carnegie	Bill Cosby	Mary Cassatt
Robert Fulton	Dan Marino	Milton Hershey	Honus Wagner
Nellie Bly   2	Grace Kelly	Daniel Boone	Stephen Foster
Benjamin Franklin	Wilt Chamberlain	Ken Griffey, Jr.	Joes Montana

James Buchanan	John James Audubon	Tom Seaver	Jonathan Taylor Thomas	Dwight Eisenhower
Ethel Barrymore	Benjamin West	Margaret Mead	George McClennan	Reggie Jackson
Mary Jemison	Richard Allen	Lee Iacocca	Lucretia Mott	Tony Dorsett
Joe Namath	Arnold Palmer	Robert Peary	Will Smith	Jim Thorpe

People of Pennsylvania Site:

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission: Pinchot, Penn, Boone, Buchanan, Drake, Foster, Franklin, Priestley, and Wayne.

Spectrum Biography Library (Harriet Tubman, Benjamin Franklin)

Biography Site- Type your person's name into the search box.

 

Pennsylvania State Informational Sites:

Philadelphia's Historic Mile:A tour of the historic sights in Philadelphia Valley Forge: A tour of Valley Forge States and Capitals: This site is packed with many interesting facts about each state. National Parks: Learn about our National Parks.	PA Kids Page: PA County page PA Homepage:Pennsylvania's official sight Pennsylvania Visitor's Site: Gives information by county of places to visit and things to see and do in Pennsylvania
PA Native Americans - website containing information about Lenape and Susquehannock Indians National Museum of the American Indian :Information about Native Americans.	Scavenger Hunts: PA Scavenger Hunt (State Symbols) - How well do you know Pennsylvania? Ben Franklin's Inventions Scavenger Hunt
UnderGround RailRoad Activity	Ben Franklin Activities: Explore Ben Franklin - www.pbs.org/benfranklin Ben Franklin Activity - This is a fill in the blank activity. Ben Franklin Questions and Answers
Pennsylvania State Capitol Virtual Tour         http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/vc/visitor_info/CapitolTour/Capindex/index.cfm	Wordle - Scrambled words from written text that emphasizes the repetition of each word.