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This file was first created for a partnership with Hawthorne School District,
Initial Launch: July 6, 2016
This Edition: Jan 23, 2017
Slide Count: 15
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Special revisions for Hawthorne School District’s Instructional Leadership Team for integrating History-Social Science and English Language Arts

2. Four Worlds: 4W Analysis
Inference Exercise
Quote Activity
Identify Factors & Trace Dynamics

3. Organize information from the quote into a 4W analysis chart.
Inference Exercise: Identify factors and trace dynamics
4W analysis
Political World
Economic World
Intro activity on CALIS Activities Database:
Students should refer to “the factor sheet” – 4W reference sheet 1
0.0 - Four Worlds of History: Social Science Factors
Organize information from the quote into a 4W analysis chart.
Social World
Cultural World
Note: links only work during the slideshow  3

4. Inference Exercise: Identify factors and trace dynamics
4W analysis
“A social structure includes different jobs and social levels. People at higher levels have greater status than others… Archeologists have found evidence that several classes of people lived in Sumer.”
Example #1
Political World
Economic World
Proceed to Step 1.
Social World
Cultural World
Reminder: When you’re using “Normal” view under the VIEW tab, then it’s useful to select the ANIMATIONS tab which will reveal if the slide has layers.
Quote found in History Alive! The Ancient World, TCI, 2004 4
Chapter 5: Was Ancient Sumer a Civilization? – page 44

5. Inference Exercise: Identify factors and trace dynamics
4W analysis
“A social structure includes different jobs and social levels. People at higher levels have greater status than others… Archeologists have found evidence that several classes of people lived in Sumer.”
social structure
different jobs
social levels
status
several classes
Political World
Economic World 1
Place each highlighted term in the world where it belongs.
Social World
Cultural World 5

6. Inference Exercise: Identify factors and trace dynamics
4W analysis
“A social structure includes different jobs and social levels. People at higher levels have greater status than others… Archeologists have found evidence that several classes of people lived in Sumer.”
social structure
different jobs
social levels
status
several classes
Political World
Economic World
different jobs 2
After organizing highlighted terms, identify 4W factors.
4W factors
Social World
Cultural World
social structure
On the “factor sheet” -- draw students attention to where the top part of each column is the structure of the world and the bottom part are its key concepts.
The placement of these five terms should be straightforward. If students had difficulty, then give examples to clarify.
social levels
status
several classes 6

7. Inference Exercise: Identify factors and trace dynamics
4W analysis
“A social structure includes different jobs and social levels. People at higher levels have greater status than others… Archeologists have found evidence that several classes of people lived in Sumer.”
social structure
different jobs
social levels
status
several classes
4W factors
Political World
Economic World
different
jobs
division of labor
specialization 3
Which other factors are similar to “different jobs”?
factors
Social World
Cultural World
social structure
social levels
status
roles
several
classes 7

8. Inference Exercise: Identify factors and trace dynamics
4W analysis
“A social structure includes different jobs and social levels. People at higher levels have greater status than others… Archeologists have found evidence that several classes of people lived in Sumer.”
social structure
different jobs
social levels
status
several classes
4W factors
Political World
Economic World
different
jobs
division of labor
specialization 4
What is the direction of the relationship (an arrow)
relationship
Social World
Cultural World
between the factors in these two worlds?
factors
social structure
In other words, if you were to draw an arrow between these two worlds, which direction would it go?
social levels
status
roles
several
classes 8

9. Different jobs create different social classes.
Inference Exercise: Identify factors and trace dynamics
4W analysis
“A social structure includes different jobs and social levels. People at higher levels have greater status than others… Archeologists have found evidence that several classes of people lived in Sumer.”
social structure
different jobs
social levels
status
several classes
4W factors
Political World
Economic World 5
Label the arrow!
different
jobs
What is the relationship?
relationship
division of labor
What is the verb for this relationship?
shape
specialization
determine
create
form
Social World
Cultural World
generate
social structure
Always label an arrow with a verb in order to describe the relationship.
NOTE: What other verbs could be used to describe the relationship?
create, determine, establish, generate, form, shape
Different jobs create different social classes.
establish
social levels
status
roles
several
classes 9

10. Division of labor creates different social classes.
Inference Exercise: Identify factors and trace dynamics
4W analysis
“A social structure includes different jobs and social levels. People at higher levels have greater status than others… Archeologists have found evidence that several classes of people lived in Sumer.”
social structure
different jobs
social levels
status
several classes
4W factors
Political World
Economic World 6
What is the significance?
significance
different
jobs
division of labor
Starting over 5000 years ago, this relationship between jobs and classes is the same today.
specialization
create
Social World
Cultural World
Division of labor creates different social classes.
social structure
From ancient society to modern society,
this relationship between factors
is a dynamic of society that still exists.
social levels
status
roles
several
classes
Using a 4W analysis, we can identify factors and trace dynamics of any issue in society in order to be more critical thinkers about policy and personal decisions. 10

11. Have fun reviewing with this line-up activity!
6.2a - c) Inference Exercise - Sumer: Rise of City-States
The inaugural “placard process” at Mulholland Middle School, LAUSD
Just to clarify, Karen West created the activity and her 6th grade students “plowed through it” in Fall 2009!
Then we wrote up the lesson for the Activities Database and did it with teachers at a workshop.

12. How many social science factors can you find in historical fiction?
Are they hiding in plain sight?
Can you hear them, see them?
CALIS Activities Database:
6.2a - c) Inference Exercise - Sumer: Changes in Daily Life
4W Themes: Book List for Four Worlds of Literature
Suggested as an "exit ticket" or graded assessment.
As described on the CALIS Activities Database:
summary: Student activity to consider changes in Sumer and how they affected daily life.
Different from expository text, this exercise uses historical fiction so that students can practice active reading with narrative text.
The narrative combines inferring concepts with making connections to impact on daily life.
The activity explicitly notes the main ideas and significance of Sumer as a turning point in human history.
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13. The Power of Words Targeting a Rich Vocabulary
In the spirit of E.B. White:
“Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up, not down. Children are demanding. They are the most attentive, curious, eager, sensitive, quick and generally congenial readers on earth. They accept, almost without question, anything you present them with, as long as it is presented honestly, fearlessly and clearly. Some writers for children deliberately avoid using words they think a child doesn’t know.
This emasculates the prose and, I suspect, bores the reader. Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net. They love words that give them a hard time, provided they are in a context that absorbs their attention.”
E.B. White, American Writer, 1899–1985
For a context that builds students’ appreciation & skill with the power of words, please enjoy
Oration: language arts at its best

14. Four Worlds │ 4W Analysis
a project of the
Center for Active Learning in International Studies
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Four Worlds analytical framework
developed by
Steven Lamy, Professor of International Relations, USC
Four Worlds of social science factors adapted by
Teresa Hudock, Director, and Sandy Line, Associate
CALIS, USC

15. Four Worlds │ 4W Analysis
Center for Active Learning in International Studies
School of International Relations
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
For more information, contact:
Teresa Hudock
Classroom materials are available free online at
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