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Pittsford Central Schools GRADE: 3 In the grade three social studies program, students study about communities around the world. They locate world communities and learn how different communities meet their basic needs and wants. ECONOMICS:
Write about basic needs of all families and communities around the world (food, water, shelter, clothing) Recognized that choices are influenced by individual differences and our choices affect our lives and others Explore influence of advertising on choices Give examples of how competition effects price Give reasons for the need of authority Identify ways communities depend on others to meet basic needs and wants Identify goods, services, and people as producers and consumers Count and make change to ten dollars Discuss ways families, schools, and communities make economic decisions (cost vs. need) Compare and contrast two communities and how food, clothing, and shelter is obtained Write about family wants and their benefits List the advantages and disadvantages of living in a mountain, desert, or rain forest community Discuss ways World Communities provide goods and services for each other (interdependence) Develop a chart comparing three regions or communities (population, climate, products) CIVICS:
Compare your life with another person in another culture Interpret a timeline Develop and awareness of current events Identify the causes of conflict in the world Compare and contrast differences in families and rules Discuss how people in communities may effect change Identify patriotic holidays and celebration of our multicultural heritage GEOGRAPHY:
Understand communities around the world differ from one another in physical features Understand the development of a community is influenced by environmental and geographic factors Locate on a globe: the four hemispheres, continents and oceans, lines of latitude and longitude, Canada and Mexico as neighboring countries Explain advantages and disadvantages of living in each world community (mountain, desert, rain forest) Identify four environmental factors influencing these (above) world communities Identify ways people adapt to and/or change their environment Locate his/her home on a street map of Pittsford/Rochester Locate Pittsford and Rochester on a county, state, and US maps Label primary directions on a World map Locate and label the mountain ranges, deserts, and rain forests Label continents and oceans on a globe AMERICAN HISTORY Awareness that communities change over time Awareness that communities of the future will be different in many ways Awareness of cultures and why people form communities Historic events and patriotic holidays can be celebrated and viewed through art, music, and writings of famous people in history WORLD HISTORY / CULTURE Awareness of three major world regions and factors that influence change in these regions (mountain, desert, rain forest) Understand cultural characteristics of world communities Awareness that the development of world communities is influenced by environmental and geographic factors Understand the interdependence of people TERMS: AMERICAN AND WORLD HISTORY / CULTURE
SKILLS: Interpret charts, graphs, and maps Identify key and symbols on a map Construct a table, chart, or graph given specific data Write compare-contrast paragraphs examining the advantages or disadvantages of living in one community vs. another Use conflict resolution techniques of listening to other viewpoints, understanding their needs, prioritizing, making judgments, and making decisions based on facts Develop and interpret a timeline Use role playing to show effect of choices on our lives and others Illustrate or show ways communities around the world depend on each other Create and write a narrative about another time or place Listen to and read historical narratives created by others Analyze historical fiction and the events they describe Compare different stories about a historical figure and historic event Explain how things can change over a period of time Draw conclusions from data presented in graphs Write about information presented in photographs, paintings, and drawings Find historical data Evaluate the consequences of a decision Library Component: Use the electronic encyclopedia in the library to print maps of designated areas. Use the expanded screen of the library computer catalog to locate non-fiction resources on regions of the world. Approved at third grade faculty meeting April 7, 1998 |
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