3rd+Grade

=Process Skills Strand= toc =**Civics and Government**= By: Alain Serres (book) || [|Responsibilities in a community] ||  || Mine and yours By: Joy wilt Berry (book) || By: David Catrow (book) || =Economics Strand= [|needs and wants] [|Needs and Wants video] ||  ||   || =Geography Strand= [|geographcial features] [|games for third grade] ||  ||   || [|you tube-communities] ||  ||   || =History Strand= [|historical sites area] ||  ||   ||
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 * use appropriate tools for research. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Create maps. charts graphs, political cartoons, etc. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Identify sequences, themes, and patterns ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Evaluate a source's point of view and how it impacts interpretations of events. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Analyze and interpret a variety of sources (eg. Maps, globes, text, letters, charts, graphs, political cartoons, etc.) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Integrate, compare, and synthesize evidence. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Construct valid arguments through the analysis and synthesis of information and support those arguments with evidence. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Produce clear and coherent communications in which the development, organization, and style of delivery are appropriate to grade-level task purpose, and audience. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Articulate his/her own ideas while building and presenting ideas individually and collaboratively. ||  ||   ||   ||
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 * Recognize and explain the necessity of rules and laws and why they are important in a society || [|us govn.] ||  ||   ||
 * Understand that shared ideals and diversity exist in American society ||  ||   || I Have a Right to Be a Child
 * Recognize that citizenship has rights, privileges and civic responsibility || [|rights and responsibilities]
 * Defines the local government as people or groups who make, apply, and enforce rules and laws within a community (city council, school board, county commission, etc.) ||  ||   || We the Kids
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 * Identify the consequences of borrowing and lending || [|borrowing/lending] ||  ||   ||
 * Recognize that needs and wants are met through spending and saving decisions || [|needs and wants]
 * List goods and services of communities, which are paid for by taxes ||  ||   ||   ||
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 * Identify the difference between political and physical features on a map using geographic tools, grid systems, symbols, scales, and a compass rose to construct and interpret maps || [|features of a map]
 * Examine physical characteristics of your community || [|community characteristics] ||  ||   ||
 * Discuss characteristics of urban, suburban, and rural areas and how these ecosystems impact human activities || [|urban, suburban, and rural communities]
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 * Research individuals and their contributions to Topeka and Shawnee County || [|Topeka history/people] ||  ||   ||
 * Research the background of individual communities within Topeka and Shawnee County || [|Topeka neighborhood info.] ||  ||   ||
 * Explain holiday customs and ceremonies celebrated in Topeka and Shawnee County by specific cultural groups (e.g. Mexican Fiesta, Germanfest, Pow Wow, etc.) || [|celebrations in the community] ||  ||   ||
 * Identify and locate historical sites within Topeka and Shawnee County || [|historical sites]

[|Constitution Day-Beginners Guide] [|Constitution Day Video] 2:53 [|Purpose of the Constitution]