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Social Studies — Grade 3

Goal 2: The learner will analyze the multiple roles that individuals perform in families, workplaces, and communities.

Objective 2.01. Distinguish and compare economic and social roles of children and adults in the local community to selected communities around the world.

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We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity three
In this activity for grades 3–6, students will read and evaluate primary source letters from the Tobacco Bag Stringing collection. This should be done after Activity one, which is the introductory activity about tobacco bag stringing.
Format: article
By Pauline S. Johnson.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity two
This activity for grades 3–6 will teach students how examining photographs can help them to better understand the past. This activity can be used as an introduction to looking at primary source photographs.
Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity four
In this activity for grades 3–5, students will read and evaluate a primary source letter from the Tobacco Bag Stringing collection. This should be done after Activity one, which is the introductory activity about tobacco bag stringing. Students will investigate the influence of technology, and its lack, on the tobacco bag stringers. They will do a role play/debate in which they will assume the roles of owners of companies and other people that were involved in the issue.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies)
By Pauline S. Johnson.

Resources on the web

Recycling
The purpose of this Science NetLinks lesson, the second of a two-part series on garbage and recycling, is to inform students about the problems of waste disposal and how recycling can help to reduce the amount of waste we create. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Social Studies)
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
A Nepalese village and your town: What's the difference?
In this Xpeditions lesson, students explore the cultural customs of rural Nepal and consider the differences between Nepalese culture and their own. Students will: discuss what it would be like to travel to a country very different from... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Social Studies)
Provided by: Xpeditions
Marketplaces of Asia
In this Xpeditions lesson, students explore kinds of marketplaces and view goods as a reflection of the characteristics of a region. This lesson is one in a series developed in collaboration with The Asia Society, with support from the Freeman Foundation. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic