CURRICULUM MAP – Jeannette McKee-Elementary SchoolGRADE LEVEL(S) 3SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

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SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER / NOVEMBER / DECEMBER / JANUARY / FEBRUARY / MARCH / APRIL / MAY/JUNE
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Good Manners
Spanish Place Names
Tips for Visitors
Sports Careers
STUDENTS WILL: / Plant Careers
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Social Organizations
Titanic
Iceland / Occupations
Burlington Timelines / Goods and Services
Animal Roles in the Community / Africa
Rural and Urban Cities
Family traditions
India / Large Urban Cities
Lands of Ice
Native Americans
African American Slavery and Freedom / Southwest United States
Local Government / Western U.S.
L.A. and California
Landforms / Hawaii
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  • Map Skills (7.1.3A)
  • Utilize directions(7.1.3A)
  • Compare and create good and bad manners
  • Discuss Spanish place names(7.1.3A)
  • Brainstorm and create a guideline for visiting the sites
  • List sports figures and their countries(7.1.3B)
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  • List jobs involving working with plants(7.1.3B)
  • Create a career file- use rubric in groups
  • X
  • Research Red Cross(8.3.3C)
  • Map Titanic route
  • Locate Iceland(7.1.3A)
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  • Define Community
  • Occupations(7.3.3A)
  • Write a want ad for an occupation(7.3.3A)
  • Organize info on a time line and contrast dates(8.1.3A)
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  • Create a business(7.3.3B)
  • Research how animals help people
  • Collect facts about Native American Indians(8.4.3A)
  • Discuss family culture
  • Collect family pictures
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  • Identify and locate Africa (8.3.4A)
  • List five facts about W. Africa (7.1.3A)
  • Compare and contrast rural and urban cities(7.1.3B)
  • Determine cities by population(7.1.3A)
  • List family traditions (7.3.3A)
  • Identify India (7.1.3A)
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  • Research Tribes around the PA rivers(8.4.3A)
  • Impact of planes on society (8.2.3B)
  • Compare and contract urban and rural (7.1.3B)
  • Define community (7.1.3B)
  • Peoples’ needs in harsh climates
  • Lands of Ice and snow (7.1.3A)
  • Discuss slavery and when it ended
  • Define freedom
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  • Locate and identify Mexico, Texas, and California (7.1.3A)
  • Define southwestern landforms (7.1.3B)
  • Label the southwestern United States (7.1.3A)
  • Study the roles of local government (5.3.3D)(8.2.3A)
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  • Label the Western U.S.(7.1.3A)
  • Label and identifyland forms in western United States( (7.1.3B)
  • Summarize influence of different cultured on California (7.3.3A)
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  • Classify Hawaii as an island state separated from the Continental U.S.(7.2.3A)
  • Relate the geographical importance of Hawaii in regard to the Armed Forces.
  • Summarize Hawaiian culture.(7.3.3B)

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Locate and Label Western States

  • Good Manner Posters
  • List Spanish place names in L.A story
  • Guideline brochure
  • Create sports job booklet
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  • Career File
  • XX
  • Create awards for Red Cross workers
  • Travel map
  • Complete fact finders
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  • Occupations in the community knowledge
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  • Presentations
  • Service dog booklet
  • Native American projects
  • Family tree
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  • Booklet on West Africa
  • Quizzes
  • Oral presentations
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  • Collages
  • Group reports
  • Timelines
  • Models
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  • Maps
  • Quizzes
  • Tests
  • Role play
  • Census
  • Mock Trial
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  • Maps
  • Quizzes
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  • Quizzes
  • Presentations
  • Maps

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8.3- United States History / 7.3 – Human Characteristics of Places and Regions
8.1- Historical Analysis and Skills Development / 7.3- Human Characteristics of Places and Regions
8.4- World History / 7.1- Basic Geography Literacy
7.3- Human Characteristics of Places and Regions
8.4- World History / 7.1- Basic Geographic Literacy
8.1- Historical Analysis and Skills Development
8.2- PA History
8.4- World History / 5.3- How Government Works
7.1- Basic Geographic Literacy
8.2- PA History / 7.1- Basic Geographic Literacy
7.3 - Human Characteristics of Places and Regions / 7.2- Physical Characteristics of Places and Regions
7.3- Human Characteristics of Places and Regions