Grade Level and Subject Area:  3^rd grade          Social Studies                  revised 9-09-07

Time Period Covered:  1^st quarter

Content
(What do your students need to KNOW?)

Skills
(What do your students need to be able to DO?)

Activities
(HOW will you teach it?)

Differentiation
(How will you reach the DIVERSITY of learners?)

Assessment
(How will you assess what your students ALREADY KNOW, and assess WHAT THEY’VE LEARNED?)

Resources
(What MATERIALS will you need?)

Literacy Connection(How will you use READING and WRITING with this material?)

 Responsible citizenship

  What is responsible citizenship?

Levels of the community

Changing community

Roles of those in leadership positions

Maps and globes and how are they used

Adoption due to change

 teach rules

special speakers

use of new vocabulary terms

keep our school area clean

role playing

3-D mapping (Art)

Student awareness of surroundings

 Illustrations

Role playing

model

  Observer notes

Chapter tests

Worksheets

Class discussion with observer notes

Map project

Scavenger hunt using cardinal directions

Classroom behavior

 Field trip

Officer Buckle and Gloria

Ronald Morgan Goes to Camp

Patchwork Quilt

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

How My Parents Learned to Eat

Ramona Forever

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Read stories

Write about classroom experiences in journal