Period 3 Social Studies

4th Grade Social Studies standards include Indiana history and geography skills. This week we will read about early industry in Indiana, when our state parks were established, and how Indiana was involved the the war efforts over the past 100 years. We we have our final quiz next Tuesday. Did you know that in 1869 John Purdue of Lafayette donated land and $150,000 to locate a new college near Lafayette, Indiana? Purdue was the first agricultural college in Indiana.