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Grade 3 Social St. Exercise - Sample , ex. 1 , Fall 2010

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    "cultural sites and relics, locate places on maps and globes, use map symbols, compass rose, and grid, free market economy, government structure, early explorers in North America, simple business model".
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Exercise Topic Details

TopicStudy References*
recognize and understand major historical and cultural landmarks, buildings, artifacts;
  • Core Knowledge series: What your third grader needs to know, II History and Geography
  • World History, pp. 88-119
  • American History, pp. 120-129
  • “Identify Cause and Effect,” pp. 298-299
  • use cardinal and intermediate directions to locate places such as the Amazon River, Himalayan Mountains, and Washington D.C. on maps and globes;
  • Harcourt Horizons: People and Communities
  • “People Live in Communities,” pp. 12-15
  • “Many People, One Community,” pp. 25-29
  • “Where on Earth Is Your Community,” pp. 36-41
  • “Communities Are Different Sizes,” pp. 44-47
  • Vocabulary: location, continent, country, city, state, nation, border, and mountain range
  • An American Safari: Adventures on the North
  • American Prairie, Jim Brandenburg
  • Where Once there Was a Wood, Denise Fleming
  • Window, Jeannie Baker
  • Wake Up City! Alvin Tresselt
  • Geographunny: A Book of Global Riddles, Mort Gerberg
  • Tumbleweed Tom on the Texas Trail, Jackie Hopkins
  • Armadillo from Amarillo, Lynne Cherry
  • My Map Book, Sara Fanelli
  • Continents, Dennis Fradin
  • Geography from A to Z: A Picture Glossary, Jack Knowlton
  • Puzzle Maps USA, Nancy Clouse
  • Town Mouse, Country Mouse, Jan Brett
  • Harcourt Horizons: People and Communities
  • “A Nation of Immigrants,” pp. 242-257
  • “Cities of Many Cultures,” pp. 252-257
  • identify and use the compass rose, grid, and symbols to locate places on maps and globes;
  • Harcourt Horizons: People and Communities
  • “Where on Earth Is Your Community,” pp. 36-41
  • “Communities Are Different Sizes,” pp. 44-47
  • Vocabulary: location, continent, country, city, state, nation, border, and mountain range
  • An American Safari: Adventures on the North
  • American Prairie, Jim Brandenburg
  • Where Once there Was a Wood, Denise Fleming
  • Window, Jeannie Baker
  • Wake Up City! Alvin Tresselt
  • Geographunny: A Book of Global Riddles, Mort Gerberg
  • Tumbleweed Tom on the Texas Trail, Jackie Hopkins
  • Armadillo from Amarillo, Lynne Cherry
  • My Map Book, Sara Fanelli
  • Continents, Dennis Fradin
  • Geography from A to Z: A Picture Glossary, Jack Knowlton
  • Puzzle Maps USA, Nancy Clouse
  • Town Mouse, Country Mouse, Jan Brett
  • Harcourt Horizons: People and Communities
  • “A Nation of Immigrants,” pp. 242-257
  • “Cities of Many Cultures,” pp. 252-257
  • explain the concept of a free market.
  • describe the basic structure of government at the local community, state, or national level;
  • Harcourt Horizons: People and Communities
  • “People Work at Many Jobs,” pp. 16-19
  • “People Getting Along.” Pp. 26-29
  • Vocabulary: common good, consequence, cooperate, government, governor, judge,
  • law, patriotic, patriotism, responsibility, volunteer, vote
  • Harcourt Horizons: People and Communities
  • “Communities in Ancient Times,” pp.314-321
  • recognize and explain the early European explorers in North America. Tell their stories and recall the major facts as they are related to the shaping of the later North America.
  • Core Knowledge series: What your third grader needs to know, II History and Geography
  • Early Explorers in North America, pp. 130-139
  • give examples of how a simple business operates;

  • * SFAW ---- Scott Foresman - Addison Wesley, Social St. STUDENT EDITION
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