Standard Course of Study :: Social Studies

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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.

Election Time using a Database: Students, working in groups, use various resources to answer prepared questions about the candidates. Students will enter their data into a prepared database. With teacher guidance, students will learn to use the database to find information.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills, Social Studies, and Computer Technology Skills); By Lee Yahnker.

What makes a hero?: Students explore whether they have heroes to emulate. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities