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Third Grade Social Studies
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DESCRIPTION
• Each class reads and discusses a weekly (Scholastic News), and monthly (KIND
News) newspaper.
• Each class makes Social Studies connections through our reading unit.
• Each class has a community volunteer present a Junior Achievement sponsored
unit. The unit is titled “City” and it deals with business, economics, and
related skills and topics.
• All third graders learn about topics such as the environment (resources,
pollution, conservation, and endangered animals), prejudice, and segregation
through videos and discussion.
• All third graders learn about the culture and history of China and Ancient
Egypt.
OBJECTIVES
1. The learner will be able to define vocabulary terms
concerning the environment.
2. The learner will be able to identify basic resources and describe ways to
conserve
them.
3. The learner will be able to list 4 types of pollution and the causes of each.
4. The learner will be able to identify reasons for endangered animals.
5. The learner will be able to define vocabulary terms concerning prejudice and
segregation.
6. The learner will be able to identify cardinal and intermediate directions on
any map.
7. The learner will be able to use a world map to locate and identify the four
major oceans and seven continents.
8. The learner will be able to identify a variety of geographical features
involving land and water.
9. The learner will be able to identify similarities and differences between
their culture and the cultures of China and Ancient Egypt.
10. The learner will be able to identify and describe different zones in a city.
11. The learner will be able to define producer and consumer.
MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
1. Scholastic and KIND newspaper
2. “Eye of the Storm” ABC news video on prejudice
3. “Ruby Bridges” video on segregation
4. Unit studies of China and Ancient Egypt
