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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Social Studies — Grade 3

Goal 1, Objective 1.02

Goal 1

The learner will characterize qualities of good citizenship by identifying people who made a difference in the community and other social environments.

Objective 1.02

Recognize diverse local, state, and national leaders, past and present, who demonstrate responsible citizenship.

Resources aligned to this objective

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Graphically organize a biography
This lesson is a good ending to a unit on biographies. The students will work together in small groups to create a poster that displays the information from a biography in a graphic organizer.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills and Social Studies)
By Ellen Benton.
Farmville's choice
In this lesson, students will learn about rural life in North Carolina at the turn of the century. Home demonstration and 4H clubs implemented many programs to help people learn better farming techniques, ways of preserving food, and taking care of the home. Several North Carolina leaders went to great lengths to ensure the success of these programs. In part of this activity, students help the town of Farmville dedicate a monument to one of those people.
Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
Black American Leaders as Responsible Citizens: Their Roles, Their Contributions, Their Diversity
The focus of this lesson will be to help third grade students to clearly identify the need for having leaders arise from the citizenry of a given community. Students will review factual information to guide them in distinguishing the positive and negative qualities of leaders. Techniques will include guided reading of factual historical text during a Jigsaw, student note taking, student development of open-ended questions, and student engagement in a Socratic seminar.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Social Studies)
By Debbie Rollins.

Resources on the web

What makes a hero?
A common lament one hears today is that young people lack heroes to emulate. Is that true? Do your students have heroes? Who are they? What qualities of a hero do they represent? Which historical figures would students recognize to be heroes? Are there... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provided by: EDSITEment
A president's home and the president's house
In this lesson, the third in the EDSITEment curriculum unit titled “From the White House of Yesterday to the White House of Today,” students take virtual tours of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia, and the White House. They compare... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Social Studies)
Provided by: EDSITEment
More Amazing Americans: A WebQuest
In this EDSITEment lesson plan, students use the “Meet Amazing Americans” website created by the Library of Congress to explore the lives of some celebrated Americans. Working in small groups, they complete a WebQuest, identifying facts and... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Social Studies)
Provided by: EDSITEment
History in quilts
Students will recognize how people from different cultures and time periods have passed down the tradition of quiltmaking. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities