Sonoran Science Academy-BROADWAY Curriculum Map 2009-2010
GRADE: Third   SUBJECT: Social Studies
TEACHER: Nicole Jahan
Month	Content	Skills	Assessments	AZ Standards
August & Sept	Harcourt Social Studies Our Communities   Harcourt Arizona Connections   Unit 1 Communities Around Us	Compare and Contrast two areas of the world Define different types of communities and identify places those communities exist   Describe their neighborhood Define and share different types of cultures Define laws and identify laws that exist in our community Use government in a sentence and describe at least one type of government.   Describe different characteristics of a community Compare and Contrast the geographies of two communities Read about the pasts of two different cities Discuss jobs and the importance of jobs in a community Identify communities in different nations Identify ways of communication between communities Discuss how communities that are far away can help each other Use a map to determine distances between cities   Research and describe three facts about their community Interview a citizen of their community Identify places to gain information about their community Define an urban community Discuss the importance of transportation Read a biography about Frederick Law Olmsted Define suburban communities Define Rural communities Identify others opinions of their community State a point of view about their community	Vocabulary Review   Chapter Tests   Unit Review   Unit Project	Social Studies Standards S2, C1, PO3, PO4 S2, C3 S3, C4, PO2 S4, C1, PO2 S4, C4, PO2, PO3, PO4 S1, C1, PO3
October	Unit 2 Communities & Geography	Identify the Great Lakes Define types of geographic tools Identify the continents and hemispheres Use a map and identify the different parts of a map Apply the skills they learned to describe their own community Label longitude and latitude on a map Find places at given absolute locations Identify physical features of our country Use research tools to find different landforms in our country   Define different bodies of water.  Locate bodies of water near our community. Discuss the effect of climate on a community Identify physical process in a community Use a landform map to identify different landforms Discuss the physical features of Yellowstone National Park   Identify our country's regions. Describe natural resources and discover which natural resources exist in our community Define renewable and nonrenewable resources Define environment List ways people adapt to their environment Report on a natural disaster that happened recently   Compare a pictograph and a bar graph Describe changes in transportation Discuss how people’s farms and mines modify the land Detail modifications made to the environment to control water and electricity   Identify ways to care for the environment	Vocabulary Review   Chapter Tests   Unit Review   Unit Project	S4, C1, PO1, PO2, PO3, PO4, PO5 PO6, PO7 S4, C2, PO1, PO2 S4, C3 S4, C4, PO1, PO6 S4, C5, PO1, PO2, Po3 S4, C6, PO1
Nov & Dec	Unit 3 Communities Over Time	Read a timeline to gather information from the past Recount a story of Hernando de Soto Define a decade, century, and continuity Discuss fast changes that occurred in The Great Chicago Fire and Jerome, AZ Describe how inventions change communities Retell how Susan B. Anthony led others in women’s suffrage   Compare and contrast how Ghandi and Dr. King, Jr. worked for equality Identify and use primary and secondary sources Tell who created the telegraph and telephone and the impact it had in communication   Identify at least two inventors who made a change of life in the home   Discuss Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Mali and the impact each culture had on the world.     Define language, oral history, and shelter Identify Native Americans as the first community in North America Describe the two different communities that existed among the Native Americans   Identify the first explorers of North America Discuss who settled and when settlers came to North America   Define a colony and its parts Describe why fighting began in the colonies Discuss the Revolutionary War and the importance of the Declaration of Independence Recognize Franklin and Jefferson's contributions to The Declaration of Independence Retell the Louisiana Purchase Identify why people moved to the West Describe the American Civil War and Abraham Lincoln's actions during that time   Compare history maps	Vocabulary Review   Chapter Tests   Unit Review   Unit Project	S1, C1, PO1, PO2 S1, C3, PO1, PO2 PO3, PO4 S1, C2, S1, C4 S1, C5 S1, C6, PO1, PO2 S2, C1, PO1, PO2 S2, C2, PO1, PO2, PO3, PO4 S2, C5, PO2 S4, C4, PO5 S1, C9, PO1
January	Unit 4 Citizens and Government	Discuss how a person becomes a citizen Describe The Bill of Rights Determine that voting is a right Identify duties of a citizen Discover ways to serve their community Identify the characteristics of a good citizen and retell the stories of several good citizens   Identify the three branches of American government Recognize different types of local and county government Read a road map Identify that each state elects a governor Define where the state laws are made Discuss and define the different parts and officers of the national government List types of national and community services Describe national symbols and monuments Compare and Contrast the governments of the world	Vocabulary Review   Chapter Tests   Unit Review   Unit Project	S3, C1, PO1, PO2, PO3 S3, C2, PO1, PO2 S3, C3, PO1, S3, C4, PO1, PO2, PO3
Feb & March	Unit 5 People in Communities	Define immigrants and discuss the problems they face Discuss how immigrants can become citizens Summarize The Great Migration Use a population map to determine the population in different cities Create their own population map Discuss different cultures and customs Research customs from the students' own cultures Discover traditions that take place in Cleveland, OH and Chamblee, Georgia Identify several national holidays Compare and contrast written and oral traditions Define folktales and legends Recognize different art, music and architecture that exists around the world Identify different world religions and the places they worship Recognize different holidays celebrated in different cultures Define cultural identity Discuss differences in clothing, food, etc that shape cultural identity	Vocabulary Review   Chapter Tests   Unit Review   Unit Project	S1, C7, PO2 S1, C10, PO2 S2, C9, PO1 S4, C1, PO1, PO2 S4, C1, PO4, PO3 S3, C1, PO4
March
April & May	Unit 6 Working in Communities	Define producer and entrepreneur, worker, and consumer Discuss how business works Identify different types of resources Using a local business, label different aspects of the business using unit vocabulary Read a land use and products map Create their own map Using a chart, describe trade at a global level Identify new invention and analyze why new inventions are important to business Name different types of money past & present Define what a mint is Describe how the US is a free market economy Discuss how supply and demand effects prices Using real life examples, define earn, spend and save Develop a personal spending and savings plan   Define economic choice and then in a group setting create several real life economical choices     Identify different local businesses Define a community cooperative Problem solve ways a struggling community can help itself     Each week the student will be responsible for summarizing a current event	Vocabulary Review   Chapter Tests   Unit Review   Unit Project	S1, C1, PO2 S4, C6, PO2 S5, C1, PO1, PO2, PO3, PO4, PO5, PO6 S5, C2, PO1 S5, C5, PO1