Social Studies
3rd and 4th Grades
4th Grade (Virginia Studies)
The Covid19 Pandemic emergency order authorizing the substitution of a Performance Assessment in lieu of an EOC SOL has expired. Students in 4th grade Virginia Studies will take the SOL assessment at the end of the 2021-2022 school year. However, the use of performance assessments within the classroom to support a balanced assessment plan is highly recommended. Please follow the link below to access the PA website for resources to support the integration of the performance assessment into your instruction. Contact Mrs. Kristina Wenger at kwenger@ccpsweb.org if you need the password to access the teacher materials.
3rd Grade (Introduction to History and Social Science - Focus on Ancient World Cultures)
As part of our Balanced Assessment Plans, 3rd grade Social Studies will continue to teach content and measure student achievement through local alternative assessments. Each student will be evaluated on all standards using a variety of summative assessments including 2 required common Performance Assessments. To view our performance standards by strands, please click the link to the Performance Assessment. If you are logged into your CCPS Google account, it will automatically create a copy in your Google Drive.
History
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
Students will choose one of the ancient civilizations and create a time travel advertisement poster including a map identifying the location, and the contributions of the ancient civilization.
(Revised: August 2021)
Students will serve as a tourism council’s publicity agent tasked with creating a gift bag for potential visitors. These bags will showcase an ancient civilization’s contributions and its influences on the modern world.
(Revised: August 2021)
Geography
3.6
3.7
You have just found a treasure buried in your backyard! You want to make sure that you can keep it safe so you decide to travel and bury it where it originated. You must create a labelled world map and provide specific written directions with clues to the buried location so that you can recover the treasure later.
(Revised: August 2021)
You are a cartographer tasked with creating an atlas that identifies key rivers, mountain ranges, and other geographic features in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.
(Revised: August 2021)
Economics
3.8
3.9
3.10
REQUIRED COMMON ASSESSMENT
Students will create a marketing strategy, presentation, and product to present to the class or third party.
(Revised: August 2021)
Students will create a journal entry that will showcase the development of a product by identifying resources, limiting specialization of a specific area, and identifying economic costs.
(Revised: August 2021)
Civics
3.11
3.12
3.13
REQUIRED COMMON ASSESSMENT
Students will design a postcard showcasing the importance of government in their community.
(Revised: August 2021)
REQUIRED COMMON ASSESSMENT
Students will write a persuasive letter to the principal proposing a rule they think the school should adopt.
(Revised: August 2021)
Virginia School Consortium for Learning
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History
3.2
3.3
3.4
Students will create postcards for each ancient civilization to send back to their class about the civilizations.
The Greatest Influence (CCPS revised, 2019)
(4-5 days)
Economics
3.8
3.9
3.10
Students will use either the decision making chart or the diagram to make a decision about ice cream sundaes for themselves and a partner.
Ice Cream Sundaes (CCPS revised June, 2019)
(2 days)
Civics
3.11
3.12
3.13
Students will create what they believe to be the “perfect” school environment. Students will state rules for the classroom, create a cause/effect T-chart for the rules, and create a poster to display their vision of a perfect class.
Creating the Perfect School (CCPS revised, 2019)
(3 days)