3rd Grade Social Studies Unit 9

Big Idea:

How individual’s contributions have influenced and changed communities throughout history.

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

3.8(E) [Supporting] identify individuals, past and present, including other entrepreneurs in the community such as Mary Kay Ash, Wallace Amos, Milton Hershey and Sam Walton who have started new businesses

3.11(B) [Supporting] identify historical figures such as Helen Keller and Clara Barton and contemporary figures such as Ruby Bridges and military and first responders who exemplify good citizenship

3.14(A) [Supporting] identify and compare the heroic deeds of state and national heroes, including Hector P. Garcia and James A. Lovell, and other individuals such as Harriet Tubman, Juliette Gordon Low, Todd Beamer, Ellen Ochoa, John “Danny” Olivas, and other contemporary heroes

3.14(B) [Readiness] identify and analyze the heroic deeds of individuals, including military and first responders such as the Four Chaplains

3.16(A) [Supporting] identify scientists and inventors, including Jonas Salk, Maria Mitchell, and others who have discovered scientific breakthroughs or created or invented new technology such as Cyrus McCormick, Bill Gates, and Louis Pasteur

Focus TEKS

3.15(A) [Supporting] Identify various individual writers and artists such as Kadir Nelson, Tomie dePaola, and Phillis Wheatley and their stories, poems, statues, and paintings and other examples of cultural heritage from various communities.

3.15(B) [Supporting] explain the significance of various individual writers and artists such as Carmen Lomas Garza, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Bill Martin Jr. and their stories, poems, statues, and paintings of cultural heritage to various communities

3.17(A) [Tools to Know] research information, including historical and current events, and geographic data, about the community and world, using a variety of valid print, oral, visual, and internet resources

3.17(B) [Ways to Show] sequence and categorize information

3.17(C) [Ways to Show] interpret oral, visual, and print material by identifying the main idea, distinguishing between fact and opinion, identifying cause and effect, and comparing and contrasting

Ongoing TEKS

3.1(A) [Readiness] Describe how individuals, events, and ideas have changed communities, past and present.

3.16(B) [Readiness] Identify the impact of scientific breakthroughs and new technology in computers, pasteurization, and medical vaccines on various communities

3.17(D) [Tools to Know] Use various parts of a source, including the table of contents, glossary, and index as well as keyword Internet searches, to locate information

3.17(E) [Ways to Show] Interpret and create visuals, including graphs, charts, tables, timelines, illustrations, and maps

3.17(F) [Tools to Know] Use appropriate mathematical skills to interpret social studies information such as maps and graphs

3.18(A) [Ways to Show] Express ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences

3.18(B) [Ways to Show] Use technology to create written and visual material such as stories, poems, pictures, maps, and graphic organizers to express ideas

3.18(C) [Tools to Know] Use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation

3.19(A) [Tools to Know] Use a problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution

3.19(B) [Tools to Know] Use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information, identify options, predict consequences, and take action to implement a decision

Student Learning Targets:

• I will describe how individuals have helped to shape communities.
• I will research and write a biography on my assigned individual.

Essential Questions:

• How have individuals helped to shape and create communities, start businesses, and exemplify good citizenship?
• What are the characteristics of a hero?
• Can you identify and give examples of a hero?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: American Legacy, Studies Weekly

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