Social Studies — Grade 3

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 Computer/Technology Skills and Social Studies)

By Lee Yahnker.

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