| week | Unit | Topic | Weekly Learning Target | AERO ELA Standards Covered | myWorld Textbook Location | Suggested Lesson Plans | Suggested Resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Third Grade Social Studies Introduction | Classroom Rules and Expectations | Students can follow the rules and understand procedures and expectations in social studies class. | 6.5a |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 2 | Community Rules | Students can work together to establish an agreed upon code for their learning community. | 6.5a |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 3 | Needs and Wants | Meeting Our Needs and Wants | Students can analyze why and how people make choices based on their needs and wants in their local community. | 7.5a 7.5d 2.5a |
Unit 7.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 4 | Producers and Consumers | Students can distinguish between human, natural, and capital resources. | 7.5a 7.5b 7.5d |
Unit 7.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 5 | Exchanging Goods and Services | Students can analyze how consumers and producers trade or exchange goods and services. | 7.5b |
Unit 7.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 6 | Spending and Saving | Students can analyze how people and communities use their budget and resources. | 7.5b |
Unit 7.4 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 7 | Many Different Jobs | Students can analyze how jobs have changed over time in their community. | 7.5b 8.5b |
Unit 7.5 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 8 | Government | Our Democracy | Students can describe the elements of a democracy. | 6.5b 6.5c 6.5d |
Unit 4.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 9 | Branches of Government | Students can identify and describe the functions of different branches of government. | 6.5b 6.5c 6.5e 6.5h |
Unit 4.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 10 | Levels of Government | Students can identify the organization of the various levels of government. | 6.5b 6.5d 6.5e |
Unit 4.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 11 | Our Rights | Good Citizens, Good Deeds | Students can demonstrate positive citizenship in school and in the community. | 5.5a 5.5d |
Unit 5.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 12 | Taking Action for Our Rights | Students can describe actions and contributions of historical figures who have helped to secure the rights and freedoms for citizens. | 1.5a 2.5a 4.5c 5.5b |
Unit 5.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 13 | Taking Action for a Cause | Students can explain actions and contributions that individuals and civic organizations, past and present, have made for causes. | 1.5b 1.5c 2.5b 5.5c |
Unit 5.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 14 | Review | Students can review key concepts from Grade 3 social studies. | Review |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 15 | Technology and Growth | New Ways to Travel | Students can explain how changes in transportation affected trade and economic activities. | 7.5c 8.5b 8.5d |
Unit 6.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 16 | A New Home in America | Students can compare and contrast the culutural characteristics of different groups of immigrants to the United States or in the local community. | 1.5a 1.5b 4.5a 4.5d |
Unit 6.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 17 | New Ways to Communicate | Students can explain how changes in communication affected growth. | 7.5c 8.5b 8.5d |
Unit 6.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 18 | New Ideas | Students can explain the difference between science and technology and describe ways that tools and techniques can have both positive and negative effects. | 8.5a 8.5c |
Unit 6.4 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 19 | Our Environment | Land and Water | Students can use a map or globe to locate and describe physical features such as landforms and bodies of water. | 3.5a 3.5b 3.5c |
Unit 2.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 20 | Weather and Climate | Students can describe how weather and climate affect how and where people, plants, and animals live. | 3.5e |
Unit 2.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 21 | Using Earth’s Resources | Students can compare and contrast the use of earth’s resources in different communities. | 3.5a 4.5a 7.5a 7.5b |
Unit 2.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 22 | Interacting with the Environment | Students can describe ways people interact with their physical environment to meet their basic needs. | 3.5a 4.5a 7.5a 7.5b |
Unit 2.4 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 23 | Review | Students can review key concepts from Grade 3 social studies. | Review |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 24 | Celebrating Culture | People and Cultures | Students can recognize that cultures change when families move from place to place. | 5.5a |
Unit 8.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 25 | Culture Through the Arts | Students can compare and contrast cultures through art. | 4.5b 5.5c |
Unit 8.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 26 | Cultural Celebrations | Students can understand that celebrations represent cultural values. | 4.5b 5.5c |
Unit 8.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 27 | Our Nation’s Diversity | Students can compare and contrast the ways that different cultures meet human needs. | 4.5b 5.5c |
Unit 8.4 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 28 | Communities Across Space and Time | What Makes A Community? | Students can explain similarities and differences between various communities across time. | 4.5b 5.5a 5.5c |
Unit 1.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 29 | Where Communities are Located | Students can use a map or globe to locate and describe the location of different communities. | 3.5a 3.5b 3.5c |
Unit 1.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 30 | Three Types of Community | Students can explain the relationship between different communities, especially rural, suburban, and urban, and the influence they have on an individual. | 3.5f 3.5g 4.5a 5.5a |
Unit 1.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 31 | Early Communities | America’s First People | Students can compare and contrast Native American cultures or cultures in their local community. | 1.5a 1.5b 4.5a 4.5d |
Unit 3.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 32 | Early Explorers | Students can describe the cause and effect of European exploration. | 1.5a 2.5b |
Unit 3.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 33 | Early Spanish Communities | Students can explain why settlers came to North America and can describe the interactions between settles and the local populace. | 1.5a 1.5b 2.5b 2.5c |
Unit 3.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 34 | Early French Communities | Students can explain why settlers came to North America and can describe the interactions between settles and the local populace. | 1.5a 1.5b 2.5b 2.5c |
Unit 3.4 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 35 | Early English Communities | Students can explain why settlers came to North America and can describe the interactions between settles and the local populace. | 1.5a 1.5b 2.5b 2.5c |
Unit 3.5 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 36 | Creating a New Nation | Identify key figures and events in American independence. | 4.5c 6.5c |
Unit 3.6 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 37 | Third Grade Social Studies Review | Review | Students can review key concepts from Grade 3 social studies. | Review |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 38 | Review | Students can review key concepts from Grade 3 social studies. | Review |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources |