3rd Grade Social Studies Model Instructional Calendar 2014-2015
(Please note: AKS should include all Indicators of Achievement when teaching the topic.)
AKS
3 Weeks
3 Weeks
3 Weeks
Skills: 1-22
Content: 24
Skills: 1-22
Content: 23, 25
Skills: 1-22
Content: 30, 31, 32
Topographical Features on
a Map
Topics
Materials/
Resources
• Equator
• Prime Meridian
Geographic Setting
• Greece
• Mississippi River
• Ohio River
• Rio Grande River
• Colorado River
• Hudson River
• Appalachian Mountains
• Rocky Mountains
pp. 12-13, 32-39
Nystrom Exploring Where & Why:
4-12, 18-22, 25, 27- 35, 37, 39
Roots of Our Democracy
Paul Revere
Themes and Concepts/Topics:
Governance
• direct democracy
• representative democracy
• republic
• separation of powers
• national/state/local
• executive/legislative/judicial
branches
• Congress, General Assembly,
county commission or city
council
Geographic Setting
• Athens, Greece
Everyday Life
• Greek architecture (columns on
the Parthenon and U.S. Supreme
Court Building)
• Olympic Games
• law
Themes and Concepts/Topics:
Contributions
• independence
• patriot
• minute men
Geographic Setting
• Boston, Massachusetts
Character Traits
• cooperation, diligence,
liberty, justice, tolerance,
freedom of conscience and
expression, respect for and
acceptance of authority
Everyday Life
• silversmith
• Revere’s success (by
overcoming social barriers,
restrictions, and obstacles)
pp. 196-229
Nystrom Exploring Where & Why: 14
SOAR Website: Lesson Plans “Levels of
Government,” “Roots of Our
Democracy,” & Lesson Plans
Team/Target Time “Roots of Our
Democracy”
pp. H6, 104-105
Nysrom Exploring Where & Why: 27, 28
SOAR Website: Lesson Plans “American
Heroes,” “Historical Figure Map,” & Lesson
Plans-Team/Target Time “Historical
Figures”
End of
the 1st
Nine
Weeks
Additional resources can be found on the Social Studies On-line Activities and Resources (SOAR) website through the Eclass portal.
Map and Globe Skills and Informational Processing Skills 1-9 should be incorporated with content AKS.
*Recommended instructional sequence but should be based on local school and classroom data. Pacing based on approximately forty-five minutes of daily
instruction; consideration given to system-wide student holidays, early release days, and testing days.
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3rd Grade Social Studies Model Instructional Calendar 2014-2015
(Please note: AKS should include all Indicators of Achievement when teaching the topic.)
AKS
Topics
Materials/
Resources
3 Weeks
3 Weeks
3 Weeks
Skills: 1-22
Content: 36, 37, 38
Skills: 1-22
Content: 33, 34, 35
Skills: 1-22
Content: 39, 40, 41
Susan B. Anthony
Frederick Douglass
Mary McLeod Bethune
Themes and Concepts/Topics:
Contributions
•
women’s suffrage
•
voting
•
civil rights
Geographic Setting
•
Rochester, New York
•
Seneca Falls, New York
Character Traits
•
cooperation, diligence, liberty,
justice, tolerance, freedom of
conscience and expression, respect
for and acceptance of authority
Everyday Life
•
educator
•
Anthony’s success (by overcoming
social barriers, restrictions, and
obstacles)
Themes and Concepts/Topics:
Contributions
•
civil rights
•
freedom
•
abolition
Geographic Setting
•
Baltimore, Maryland
•
Rochester, New York
•
Underground Railroad
Character Traits
•
cooperation, diligence, liberty,
justice, tolerance, freedom of
conscience and expression,
respect for and acceptance of
authority
Everyday Life
•
learning to read
•
newspaper editor
•
Douglass’ success (by
overcoming social barriers,
restrictions, and obstacles)
Themes and Concepts/Topics:
Contributions
•
founded a school/college for
African-American females
Geographic Setting
•
Daytona Beach, Florida
Character Traits
•
cooperation, diligence, liberty,
justice, tolerance, freedom of
conscience and expression,
respect for and acceptance of
authority
Everyday Life
•
educator
•
Bethune’s success (by
overcoming social barriers,
restrictions, and obstacles)
pp. H6, 111, 188, 192-193, 229
pp. H6, 91, 109, 112-113, 229
SOAR Website: Lesson Plans “American
Heroes,” “Historical Figure Map,” & Lesson
Plans-Team/Target Time “Historical Figures”
SOAR Website: Lesson Plans “American
Heroes,” “Historical Figure Map,” &
Lesson Plans-Team/Target Time
“Historical Figures,” DBQ “Fredrick
pp. H6, 10-11, R8
SOAR Website: Lesson Plans “American
Heroes,” “Historical Figure Map,” “Mary
McLeod Bethune,” & Lesson PlansTeam/Target Time “Historical Figures”
End of
the 2nd
Nine
Weeks
Winter
Break
Douglass”
Additional resources can be found on the Social Studies On-line Activities and Resources (SOAR) website through the Eclass portal.
Map and Globe Skills and Informational Processing Skills 1-9 should be incorporated with content AKS.
*Recommended instructional sequence but should be based on local school and classroom data. Pacing based on approximately forty-five minutes of daily
instruction; consideration given to system-wide student holidays, early release days, and testing days.
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3rd Grade Social Studies Model Instructional Calendar 2014-2015
(Please note: AKS should include all Indicators of Achievement when teaching the topic.)
AKS
Topics
Materials/
Resources
2 Weeks
2 Weeks
2 Weeks
2 Weeks
Skills: 1-22
Content: 42, 43, 44
Skills: 1-22
Content: 45, 46, 47
Skills: 1-22
Content: 48, 49, 50
Skills: 1-22
Content: 51, 52, 53
Franklin Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Thurgood Marshall
Lyndon B. Johnson
Themes and Concepts/Topics:
Contributions
•
Great Depression
•
Fireside Chats
•
New Deal
•
World War II
•
President of the United
States
Geographic Setting
•
Hyde Park, New York
•
Warm Springs, Georgia
•
Washington, DC
Character Traits
•
cooperation, diligence,
liberty, justice,
tolerance, freedom of
conscience and
expression, respect for
and acceptance of
authority
Everyday Life
•
physical disability
•
F. Roosevelt’s success
(by overcoming social
barriers, restrictions,
and obstacles)
Themes and Concepts/Topics:
Contributions
•
First Lady of the
United States
•
Ambassador to the
United Nations
•
human rights
•
civil rights
Geographic Setting
•
New York, New York
Character Traits
•
cooperation, diligence,
liberty, justice,
tolerance, freedom of
conscience and
expression, respect for
and acceptance of
authority
Everyday Life
•
wrote newspaper
column
•
E. Roosevelt’s success
(by overcoming social
barriers, restrictions,
and obstacles)
Themes and Concepts/Topics:
Contributions
•
Supreme Court Justice
•
civil rights
•
desegregation
Geographic Setting
•
Baltimore, MD
•
Oxford, Pennsylvania
•
Topeka, Kansas
Character Traits
•
cooperation, diligence,
liberty, justice,
tolerance, freedom of
conscience and
expression, respect for
and acceptance of
authority
Everyday Life
•
attorney
•
Marshall’s success (by
overcoming social
barriers, restrictions,
and obstacles)
Themes and Concepts/Topics:
Contributions
•
President of the
United States
•
Civil Rights Act of
1964
•
Voting Rights Act
•
Great Society
Geographic Setting
•
Texas
Character Traits
•
cooperation,
diligence, liberty,
justice, tolerance,
freedom of
conscience and
expression, respect
for and acceptance of
authority
Everyday Life
•
teacher
•
public servant
•
Johnson’s success (by
overcoming social
barriers, restrictions,
and obstacles)
pp. H7, 138-139
SOAR Website: Lesson Plans “American
Heroes,” “Historical Figure Map,” & Lesson
Plans-Team/Target Time “Historical
Figures,” DBQ “Franklin Roosevelt”
pp. H7, 256-257
pp. H7, 224-225
SOAR Website: Lesson Plans
“American Heroes,” “Historical Figure
Map,” & Lesson Plans-Team/Target
Time “Historical Figures”
pp. H7, 229, 230-231, R8
SOAR Website: Lesson Plans “American
Heroes,” “Historical Figure Map,” &
Lesson Plans-Team/Target Time
“Historical Figures”
1 Week
Interim
Review
End of the
3rd Nine
Weeks
SOAR Website: Lesson Plans “American
Heroes,” “Historical Figure Map,” &
Lesson Plans-Team/Target Time
“Historical Figures”
Additional resources can be found on the Social Studies On-line Activities and Resources (SOAR) website through the Eclass portal.
Map and Globe Skills and Informational Processing Skills 1-9 should be incorporated with content AKS.
*Recommended instructional sequence but should be based on local school and classroom data. Pacing based on approximately forty-five minutes of daily
instruction; consideration given to system-wide student holidays, early release days, and testing days.
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3rd Grade Social Studies Model Instructional Calendar 2014-2015
(Please note: AKS should include all Indicators of Achievement when teaching the topic.)
AKS
Topics
Materials/
Resources
2 Weeks
2 Weeks
April 30 – May 20
Skills: 1-22
Content: 54, 55, 56
Skills: 1-22
Content: 26, 27, 28, 29
Preview &
Review
Cesar Chavez
Our Economy/
Personal Finance
Themes and Concepts/Topics:
Economic Choices
• productive resources
• market economy
• goods/services
• taxes
• interdependence
• trade
• consumer/producer
• currency
• entrepreneur
• resource allocation
• spending/saving
• supply/demand
• costs/benefits
• voluntary exchange
Themes and Concepts/Topics:
Contributions
•
labor union
•
worker rights
Geographic Setting
•
Yuma, Arizona
•
Sacramento, California
•
Imperial Valley
•
San Joaquin Valley
Character Traits
•
cooperation, diligence, liberty,
justice, tolerance, freedom of
conscience and expression,
respect for and acceptance of
authority
Everyday Life
•
migrant worker
•
labor leader
•
Chavez’s success (by
overcoming social barriers,
restrictions, and obstacles)
pp. H7, 164-165, 274-275
SOAR Website: Lesson Plans “American
Heroes,” “Historical Figure Map,” “Cesar
Chavez,” & Lesson Plans-Team/Target
Time “Historical Figures”
Spring
Break
April 6-10
CRCT
Testing &
Review
April 22-29
pp. 124-139, 144-157
Nystrom Exploring Where &
Why: 22, 26
SOAR Website: Lesson Plans
“Our Economy/Personal
Finance”
4th Grade
Map and Globe Skills
(AKS 1-12)
Personal Finance
(AKS 63)
• benefits and
costs
• personal
budgeting
• saving
• Spending
Preview Native
American Cultures
(AKS 30, 31)
End of the
4th Nine
Weeks
Summer
Break
SOAR Website: Lesson
Plan “An American Hero
Dinner Party”
SOAR Website: “Econ
and Me” Materials
Additional resources can be found on the Social Studies On-line Activities and Resources (SOAR) website through the Eclass portal.
Map and Globe Skills and Informational Processing Skills 1-9 should be incorporated with content AKS.
*Recommended instructional sequence but should be based on local school and classroom data. Pacing based on approximately forty-five minutes of daily
instruction; consideration given to system-wide student holidays, early release days, and testing days.
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