Standard Course of Study :: Social Studies

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The Birchbark House: This study guide was created by a group of third grade enrichment students. They were planning to read this book but could find no published guide to go with it. They decided to create their own as they read.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Carolyn Ridgway.

Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity four: In this activity for grades 3–6, 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.

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: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

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 (grade 3–5 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

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); Provider: National Geographic

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); Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Unions and alliances: Students focus on the United Nations, learning about this organization's functions, purposes, and the broad geographical range of its members. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

Where I come from: Students virtually explore their ancestral homelands. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities