Fourth grade Social Studies is a Pennsylvania State Standards-Based Course. The course will include and incorporate the required standards for geography, economics, Pennsylvania history and U.S. history. It includes the study of geography, culture, weather and climate,economics the study of the early history and culture of the United States. The major goal of this course is to acquaint students with the major topics of social studies, such as geography, culture, important people, economics, concepts, and themes running through our nation's history from the early exploration through the Constitutional Convention.