1. 8th grade quote for Early America
Four Worlds │ 4W analysis
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8th grade quote for Early America
Initial Launch: Jan 24, 2017
This Edition: Jan 24, 2017
Slide Count: 14
Teresa Hudock, Director, CALIS or
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For Jan 25 session

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

3. Organize information from the quote into a 4W analysis.
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.
Social World
Cultural World
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4. Inference Exercise: Identify factors and trace dynamics
4W analysis
“Cheap farmland and plentiful resources gave the colonists a chance to prosper. They would have less opportunity in Europe....Land ownership gave the colonists political rights as well as prosperity. Generally only white male land owners could vote..”
8th grade example
Political World
Economic World
Proceed to Step 1.
Social World
Cultural World
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Early America 4
Source: Creating America: a history of the United States, McDougal Littell, 2006—
Chapter 5: Beginnings of an American Identity, 1689–1763, Lesson 1: Early American Culture page 134

5. Inference Exercise: Identify factors and trace dynamics
4W analysis
“Cheap farmland and plentiful resources gave the colonists a chance to prosper. They would have less opportunity in Europe....Land ownership gave the colonists political rights as well as prosperity. Generally only white male land owners could vote..”
Cheap farmland
plentiful resources
chance to prosper
Land ownership
rights
prosperity
white male land owners
vote
Political World
Economic World
cheap farmland
rights
chance to prosper
plentiful resources
vote
land ownership
prosperity 1
Place each highlighted term in the world where it belongs.
Social World
Cultural World
white male land owners 5

6. Inference Exercise: Identify factors and trace dynamics
4W analysis
“Cheap farmland and plentiful resources gave the colonists a chance to prosper. They would have less opportunity in Europe....Land ownership gave the colonists political rights as well as prosperity. Generally only white male land owners could vote..”
Cheap farmland
plentiful resources
chance to prosper
Land ownership
rights
prosperity
white male land owners
vote
4W factors
Political World
Economic World
cheap farmland
land
rights
rights
chance to prosper
prosper
plentiful resources
resources
vote
land ownership
land
prosperity
prosperity 2
After organizing highlighted terms, identify 4W factors.
4W factors
Social World
Cultural World
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 terms should be straightforward. If students have difficulty, then give examples to clarify.
white male land owners 6

7. Inference Exercise: Identify factors and trace dynamics
4W analysis
“Cheap farmland and plentiful resources gave the colonists a chance to prosper. They would have less opportunity in Europe....Land ownership gave the colonists political rights as well as prosperity. Generally only white male land owners could vote..”
Cheap farmland
plentiful resources
chance to prosper
Land ownership
rights
prosperity
white male land owners
vote
4W factors
Political World
Economic World
cheap farmland
land
rights
chance to prosper
prosper
plentiful resources
resources
vote
land ownership
land
prosperity 3
Which other factors can you infer?
factors
Social World
Cultural World
white male land owners
class
demographic group 7

8. Inference Exercise: Identify factors and trace dynamics
4W analysis
“Cheap farmland and plentiful resources gave the colonists a chance to prosper. They would have less opportunity in Europe....Land ownership gave the colonists political rights as well as prosperity. Generally only white male land owners could vote..”
Cheap farmland
plentiful resources
chance to prosper
Land ownership
rights
prosperity
white male land owners
vote
4W factors
Political World
Economic World
cheap farmland
land
rights
chance to prosper
prosper
plentiful resources
resources
vote
land ownership
land
prosperity 4
What are the directions of the relationships (arrows)
relationships
Social World
Cultural World
between factors in these worlds?
factors
white male land owners
class
demographic group 8

9. Inference Exercise: Identify factors and trace dynamics
4W analysis
“Cheap farmland and plentiful resources gave the colonists a chance to prosper. They would have less opportunity in Europe....Land ownership gave the colonists political rights as well as prosperity. Generally only white male land owners could vote..”
Cheap farmland
plentiful resources
chance to prosper
Land ownership
rights
prosperity
white male land owners
vote
4W factors
Political World
Economic World
cheap farmland
land
gave
rights
chance to prosper
prosper
gave
plentiful resources
resources
vote
gave
land ownership
land
prosperity
monopolized
Social World
Cultural World
access
privilege 5
Label the arrows!
white male land owners
What are the relationships?
relationships
class
What are verbs for these relationships?
demographic group 9

10. Inference Exercise: Identify factors and trace dynamics
4W analysis
“Cheap farmland and plentiful resources gave the colonists a chance to prosper. They would have less opportunity in Europe....Land ownership gave the colonists political rights as well as prosperity. Generally only white male land owners could vote..”
Cheap farmland
plentiful resources
chance to prosper
Land ownership
rights
prosperity
white male land owners
vote
4W factors
Political World
Economic World
cheap farmland
land
gave
rights
chance to prosper
prosper
gave
plentiful resources
resources
vote
gave
land ownership
land
prosperity
monopolized
Owning land provides a distinct advantage to gain prosperity, privilege and power.
Social World
Cultural World
access
privilege 6
What is the significance?
significance
white male land owners
From ancient society to modern society,
this relationship between factors
is a dynamic of society that still exists.
class
demographic group 10

11. 4W Themes: Book List for Four Worlds of Literature
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:
4W Themes: Book List for Four Worlds of Literature

12. 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.”
With a fully memorized oration, the end product goes beyond improving speaking skills because the whole process involves absorbing the mechanics of writing involved in reading. As students memorize lines, the expression and confidence they develop in their voice comes from achieving a solid understanding of the reading and how it was written.
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

13. 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

14. 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
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