Social Studies: Grade 3_ Unit 2 North America_5 weeks
Standard
Media Specialist/ Teacher Connection
Journeys Text and/or Exemplary Text Correlation
And
Related texts
Web Resources
3.14
Interpret different texts and
primary sources to describe the major components of culture including language, clothing, food, art, beliefs, customs, and
music.
How does where you live affect how you live?
Make a Venn diagram that compares two
cultural groups and the components of their culture.
Why is culture such a valued component to
human existence?
Student can draw an original representation of culture within their
environment, then exchange their art piece with another student to analyze their artwork and write descriptive piece to
describe that individuals culture.
Look at pictures of another culture in their
environment. Students will explain how that
culture would be able to meet their basic
needs.
http://sayville.k12.ny.us/webpages/ccore/files/2-3.pdf
Books available through Limitless Libraries/Nashville Public Library:
What is culture?
by Kalman, Bobbie.
A school like mine
by Smith, Penny.
A life like mine
by UNICEF.
Children of the world : how we live, learn, and play in poems, drawings, and photographs
by Asael, Anthony
Art for all : what is public art?
Culture in action
by Hensley, Laura
http://www.ccproject.org/self/index.html
http://anthro.palomar.edu/culture/culture_1.htm
http://www.exploreandmore.org/world/default.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o32l-_U6nGY
http://www.cultureforkids.com/
http://www.timeforkids.com/around-the-world
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/cultures.htm
http://exchange.smarttech.com/
http://exchange.smarttech.com/
http://www.maps101.com/
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/?ar_a=1
http://www.pbs.org/
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
http://www.commoncoreconversation.com/#sthash.r5BfB7qj.dpbs
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/
http://www.mapsofworld.com/
http://www.timeforkids.com/
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/
3.15
Use information gained from
timelines, primary sources, media, and informational text to identify major historical events and patterns in North America.
3.16
Use timelines and historical
passages to summarize the history of a region, including events, inventions/inventors, artists, writers, and political figures.
3.17
Compare and contrast a primary source and secondary source of the same event or topic.
3.29
Compare and contrast the
national governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
3.15 Suggestions are as follows: Mayan Culture, Aztec Culture, Colonial America, the American Revolution, the Panama Canal, and current events.
3.16 Suggestions are as follows: Christopher Columbus, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Daniel Boone, Nancy Ward, Harriet Tubman, Geronimo, George
Washington Carver, Georgia OKeefe, Amelia Earhart, E. B. White, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., Dian Fossey and Barack Obama
3.17 Compare the primary source video and a website that shares information about the attack on Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941.
Remember that the authors of secondary sources were not there for the event. Are both good? When would a primary source be better than a secondary
source? Would a secondary source ever be better?
http://sayville.k12.ny.us/webpages/ccore/files/2-3.pdf
For reading passages see web resource links column for each standard number.
3.15
http://www.ck12.org/user%3Aa2FyZW4ubGF3c29uQHRjc2VkdS5uZXQ./book/Tennessee-Grade-3-Social-Studies/section/3.2/
3.16 http://www.ck12.org/user:a2FyZW4ubGF3c29uQHRjc2VkdS5uZXQ./book/Tennessee-Grade-3-Social-Studies/section/3.3/
http://exchange.smarttech.com/
3.17
http://www.ck12.org/user%3Aa2FyZW4ubGF3c29uQHRjc2VkdS5uZXQ./book/Tennessee-Grade-3-Social-Studies/section/3.4/
http://exchange.smarttech.com/
http://www.maps101.com/
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/?ar_a=1
http://www.pbs.org/
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
http://www.commoncoreconversation.com/#sthash.r5BfB7qj.dpbs
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/
http://www.mapsofworld.com/
http://www.timeforkids.com/
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/
3.18
Identify and locate on a map: Canada, Mexico, Central America, and the 50 states of the U.S.
3.21
Locate the states that comprise the regions of the United States.
Use blank maps and web resources to identify and label.
http://sayville.k12.ny.us/webpages/ccore/files/2-3.pdf
Books available through Limitless Libraries/Nashville Public Library:
The Kingfisher student atlas of North America
by Gifford, Clive
North America
by Pelusey, Michael
3.18
http://www.ck12.org/user:a2FyZW4ubGF3c29uQHRjc2VkdS5uZXQ./book/Tennessee-Grade-3-Social-Studies/section/3.5/
3.21
http://www.ck12.org/user:a2FyZW4ubGF3c29uQHRjc2VkdS5uZXQ./book/Tennessee-Grade-3-Social-Studies/section/3.8/
http://exchange.smarttech.com/
http://www.maps101.com/
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/?ar_a=1
http://www.pbs.org/
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
http://www.commoncoreconversation.com/#sthash.r5BfB7qj.dpbs
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/
http://www.mapsofworld.com/
http://www.timeforkids.com/
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/
3.19
Compare and contrast different maps to show the location of Alaska and Hawaii as outside of the contiguous United States, using
a globe to refine understanding of the location of the two states.
Use the maps available on the site listed in web resources column to compare actual size/placement of states.
http://sayville.k12.ny.us/webpages/ccore/files/2-3.pdf
Books available through Limitless Libraries/Nashville Public Library:
Alaska
America the Beautiful. Third
by Orr, Tamra
Alaska
America the beautiful
by Walsh Shepherd, Donna.
Hawaii
by Kent, Deborah
Hawaii
by Neri, P. J.
3.19
http://www.ck12.org/user:a2FyZW4ubGF3c29uQHRjc2VkdS5uZXQ./book/Tennessee-Grade-3-Social-Studies/section/3.6/
http://exchange.smarttech.com/
http://www.maps101.com/
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/?ar_a=1
http://www.pbs.org/
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
http://www.commoncoreconversation.com/#sthash.r5BfB7qj.dpbs
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/
http://www.mapsofworld.com/
http://www.timeforkids.com/
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/
3.20
Identify on a map major cities of the continent (Charleston, Chicago, Knoxville, Los Angeles, Memphis, Mexico City, Miami,
Montreal, Nashville, New York, Seattle, Washington D.C.).
Compare various maps in books and online. Use one map to identify the cities.
http://sayville.k12.ny.us/webpages/ccore/files/2-3.pdf
Books available through Limitless Libraries/Nashville Public Library:
The Kingfisher student atlas of North America
by Gifford, Clive
National Geographic Kids beginner's United States atlas : it's your country, be a part of it!
by National Geographic Society
National Geographic United States atlas for young explorers
by National Geographic Society
The 2014 road atlas : United States, Canada, Mexico
by Rand McNally and Company
3.20
http://www.ck12.org/user:a2FyZW4ubGF3c29uQHRjc2VkdS5uZXQ./book/Tennessee-Grade-3-Social-Studies/section/3.7/
http://exchange.smarttech.com/
http://www.maps101.com/
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/?ar_a=1
http://www.pbs.org/
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
http://www.commoncoreconversation.com/#sthash.r5BfB7qj.dpbs
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/
http://www.mapsofworld.com/
http://www.timeforkids.com/
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/
3.22
Identify major physical features on a map:
Rivers Colorado, Cumberland, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Rio Grande, St. Lawrence, Tennessee
Mountains Alaska Range,
Appalachian, Cascade, Rockies
Bodies of Water Arctic, Atlantic, Great Lakes, Great Salt Lake, Gulf of
Mexico, Hudson Bay, Niagara Falls, Pacific
Deserts Death Valley, Great Basin
Landforms Grand Canyon
http://sayville.k12.ny.us/webpages/ccore/files/2-3.pdf
Books available through Limitless Libraries/Nashville Public Library:
A walk in the boreal forest
by Johnson, Rebecca
Lands and peoples
by Grolier Incorporated
Legends of landforms : Native American lore and the geology of the land
by Vogel, Carole Garbuny.
3.22
http://www.ck12.org/user:a2FyZW4ubGF3c29uQHRjc2VkdS5uZXQ./book/Tennessee-Grade-3-Social-Studies/section/3.9/
http://exchange.smarttech.com/
http://www.maps101.com/
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/?ar_a=1
http://www.pbs.org/
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
http://www.commoncoreconversation.com/#sthash.r5BfB7qj.dpbs
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/
http://www.mapsofworld.com/
http://www.timeforkids.com/
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/
3.23
Identify examples of scarcity in and around specific regions.
3.24
Interpret a chart, graph, or
resource map of major imports and exports.
3.25
Define supply and demand and describe how changes in supply and demand affect prices of specific products.
3.26
Describe how goods and services are exchanged on local, regional, and international levels including transportation methods and
bartering and monetary exchange.
How do people make a living?
How do they use
their money?
What is a budget and why is it
important?
Why are import and export important in terms of
Economics?
What is the relationship between producers and
consumers and how do they depend on each
other?
How are products made, sold, and transported
around the world?
http://sayville.k12.ny.us/webpages/ccore/files/2-3.pdf
Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Tennessee: Many Regions, One
World (2009)
Books available through Limitless Libraries/Nashville Public Library:
What is scarcity of resources?
by Cohn, Jessica
What is importing and exporting?
by Thompson, Gare
What is supply and demand?
by Thompson, Gare
What are goods and services?
by Andrews, Carolyn
Goods or services?
Little world social studies
by Mitten, Ellen
3.23
http://www.ck12.org/user:a2FyZW4ubGF3c29uQHRjc2VkdS5uZXQ./book/Tennessee-Grade-3-Social-Studies/section/3.10/
3.24
http://www.ck12.org/user:a2FyZW4ubGF3c29uQHRjc2VkdS5uZXQ./book/Tennessee-Grade-3-Social-Studies/section/3.11/
3.25
http://www.ck12.org/user:a2FyZW4ubGF3c29uQHRjc2VkdS5uZXQ./book/Tennessee-Grade-3-Social-Studies/section/3.12/
3.26
http://www.ck12.org/user:a2FyZW4ubGF3c29uQHRjc2VkdS5uZXQ./book/Tennessee-Grade-3-Social-Studies/section/3.13/
http://exchange.smarttech.com/
http://www.maps101.com/
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/?ar_a=1
http://www.pbs.org/
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
http://www.commoncoreconversation.com/#sthash.r5BfB7qj.dpbs
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/
http://www.mapsofworld.com/
http://www.timeforkids.com/
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/
3.27
Compare and contrast landforms, climates, population, natural resources, and major cities of the three Grand Divisions of
Tennessee.
Make a model that shows the three Grand
Divisions of Tennessee and their natural
resources
Create a travel brochure for Tennessee highlighting one Division.
http://sayville.k12.ny.us/webpages/ccore/files/2-3.pdf
Books available through Limitless Libraries/Nashville Public Library:
Tennessee
by Kent, Deborah
Tennessee
by Weatherly, Myra
Uniquely Tennessee
by McClellan, Adam
The big Tennessee reproducible activity book
by Marsh, Carole
Dynamic Tennessee : land, history, and government
by Crawford, Charles Wann
3.27
http://www.ck12.org/user:a2FyZW4ubGF3c29uQHRjc2VkdS5uZXQ./book/Tennessee-Grade-3-Social-Studies/section/3.14/
http://www.tnhistoryforkids.org/
http://www.ducksters.com/geography/state.php?State=Tennessee
https://kidskonnect.com/states/tennessee/
http://exchange.smarttech.com/
http://www.maps101.com/
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/?ar_a=1
http://www.pbs.org/
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
http://www.commoncoreconversation.com/#sthash.r5BfB7qj.dpbs
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/
http://www.mapsofworld.com/
http://www.timeforkids.com/
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/
3.28
Discuss the structure and purpose of government.
Choose where you want to live as an adult. Research where you think youd like to live. Examine that citys government, services and location.
Create a brochure with information found. Do you still want to live there?
http://sayville.k12.ny.us/webpages/ccore/files/2-3.pdf
Books available through Limitless Libraries/Nashville Public Library:
Local government
by Stone House Productions. Published 2006
DVD
National government
by Giesecke, Ernestine
DVD
Dynamic Tennessee : land, history, and government
by Crawford, Charles Wann
Governments around the world
by Giesecke, Ernestine
Governments of the western hemisphere
by Gold, Susan Dudley
3.28
http://www.ck12.org/user:a2FyZW4ubGF3c29uQHRjc2VkdS5uZXQ./book/Tennessee-Grade-3-Social-Studies/section/3.15/
http://kids.usa.gov/government/index.shtml
http://pbskids.org/democracy/my-government/
http://exchange.smarttech.com/
http://www.maps101.com/
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/?ar_a=1
http://www.pbs.org/
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
http://www.commoncoreconversation.com/#sthash.r5BfB7qj.dpbs
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/
http://www.mapsofworld.com/
http://www.timeforkids.com/
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/
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