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=Grade 3 Social Studies Essentials Guide=


 * BIG IDEA:** Skills and Resources
 * **Standards** || **Key Vocabulary** || **Materials Resources** || **Timeline** || **I CAN Statement** ||= **Formative**
 * 1 || **Formative**
 * 2** || **Formative**
 * 3** || **Formative #4** || **Summative** ||
 * St. 1
 * 3,4,5,6 || * charts
 * bar graphs
 * internet
 * time line || Student Magazine such as (Scholastic News, Time for Kids, Weekly Reader)

Times Change Series

New Lives and Times Series || All year || I can use a variety of resources to gather information about people, places, and events

I can describe current events using print and electonic media

I can construct time lines

I can interpret simple time lines ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||


 * BIG IDEA:** Important Historical Events
 * **Standards** || **Key Vocabulary** || **Materials Resources** || **Timeline** || **I CAN Statement** ||= **Formative**
 * 1 || **Formative**
 * 2** || **Formative**
 * 3** || **Formative #4** || **Summative** ||
 * St. 2
 * 1,2 || * settlement
 * town
 * city
 * market
 * services
 * product
 * catalog
 * blacksmith
 * tailor
 * billboard || New Lives and Times Series

Investigate Settlements

Times Change Series || Nov. || I can explain the importance of the accomplishments of famous Americans

I can describe how community life has changed from the past to the present ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||


 * BIG IDEA:** Economic Concepts
 * **Standards** || **Key Vocabulary** || **Materials Resources** || **Timeline** || **I CAN Statement** ||= **Formative**
 * 1 || **Formative**
 * 2** || **Formative**
 * 3** || **Formative #4** || **Summative** ||
 * St. 3
 * 1,2,3 || * communicate
 * community center
 * district
 * foster parent
 * neighborhood
 * related
 * stepparent
 * worship
 * natural resource
 * oxygen
 * fuel
 * freshwater
 * reservoirs
 * processed
 * grains
 * pasteurized
 * bartering
 * bills
 * coins
 * counterfeit
 * currency
 * mints
 * cost
 * demand
 * supply
 * market
 * shop
 * restaurant
 * needs
 * wants
 * factory
 * price || Investigate Communities

Investigate Natural Resources

Money

The Cost of Dinner

Supply and Demand || Feb.- Mar. || I can identify ways families and communities cooperate

I can explain how supply and demand affect personal economic choices

I can explain the differences among natural and human resources ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||


 * BIG IDEA:** Government and Citizenship
 * **Standards** || **Key Vocabulary** || **Materials Resources** || **Timeline** || **I CAN Statement** ||= **Formative**
 * 1 || **Formative**
 * 2** || **Formative**
 * 3** || **Formative #4** || **Summative** ||
 * St. 4
 * 1, 2, 3 || * bill
 * budget
 * citizen
 * committee
 * elect
 * law
 * mayor
 * guilty
 * term
 * city council
 * veto
 * administrator
 * vote
 * rule
 * court
 * judge
 * lawyer
 * ballot || Exploring Citizenship Series

American Symbols

First Guide to Government Series __The Flag We Love__ by Pam Munoz Ryan

__The Bill of Rights in Translation: What it Really Means__ by Amie Jane Leavitt

__The Lincoln Memorial__ by Terri DeGezelle

__That's Good! That's Bad! In Washington, DC__ by Margery Cuyler

__The Thomas Jefferson Memorial__ by Terri DeGezelle

__The United States Supreme Court__ by Tamara Britton

__The Vietnam Veterans Memorial__ by tamara Britton

__We the Kids__ by David Catrow

Ben's Guide to Government

VT-1785 American Citizenship Grades P-I Length 23 min VT-1411 Citizenship in the Community Grades P-I Length 15 min VT-1786 Federal, State, and Local Government Grades P-I Length 23 min VT-1408 Community Rules and Laws Grades P-I Length 15 min || Apr. - May || I can identify the roles, rights, and responsibilities of a citizen in a community

I can identify the 3 branches of local government

I can explain the rule-making process and its purpose in schools ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

St. 5
 * BIG IDEA:** Concepts of Geography
 * **Standards** || **Key Vocabulary** || **Materials Resources** || **Timeline** || **I CAN Statement** ||= **Formative**
 * 1 || **Formative**
 * 2** || **Formative**
 * 3** || **Formative #4** || **Summative** ||
 * St. 1 #1,2,,7
 * 1,2, 3 || * map
 * aerial
 * satellite
 * labels
 * services
 * map key
 * symbols
 * compass rose
 * continent
 * North Pole
 * South Pole
 * equator
 * globe
 * grid
 * scale
 * cardinal directions
 * intermediate directions
 * hemispheres
 * GPS(Global Positioning System)
 * range
 * global warming
 * landfill
 * pollute || Investigate Mapping

Continents Pack

Investigate Landforms

My World of Geograph Series

Investigate Environments

Countries of the World

VT-1511 If You Could See the Earth Grades P-I Length 9 min VT-1426Earth's Physical Features Landforms Grades P-I Length 15 min VT-1355 Understanding Geography Grade I Length 6 min || Sept. - Oct. || I can locate places on a map

I can use labels, symbols, compass rose and keys

I can create a mental map of the local community

I can use spatial terms to describe the world

I can identify the physical characterisitcs

I can identify the 7 continents, 4 oceans, and major nations of the world

I can describe ways geography has affected the developement of the local community over time ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||


 * BIG IDEA:** Human Development and Behavior
 * **Standards** || **Key Vocabulary** || **Materials Resources** || **Timeline** || **I CAN Statement** ||= **Formative**
 * 1 || **Formative**
 * 2** || **Formative**
 * 3** || **Formative #4** || **Summative** ||
 * St. 6
 * 1,2 || * community
 * culture
 * religion
 * respect
 * right
 * staple
 * tradition || Investigate World Cultures

Around theWorld Series

Countries of the World

|| Dec. - Jan. || I can identify the varying roles that individuals play in various groups

I can identify how different groups, societies, and cultures are similar and different. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||