Third Grade Social Studies

Big Ideas:

• The geography and culture of world communities are inter-related.
• Geography affects culture (where people live, how they meet their needs, and how they govern themselves.
  • Culture affects the way people use their environment and resources.
• Governments identify their citizens duties and rights.
• World communities change over time in different ways.
• World communities interact with each other.
• Symbols and vocabulary are clues to the culture, history, government, civic values of world communities.

Unit 1

What is geography? What is culture? US geography and culture.

Unit 2

Study of Japan and Brazil.

Unit 3

Independent study of a world community.