Third+Grade+Social+Studies

=Culture = American Folklore Bar Graph (Study Zone) Bar Graph (Harcourt School) Basic Human Needs Celebrate Winter Holidays (Scholastic) Celtic Folklore Cracker Jack (NPR) Culture Tour World Tour Eat Good Food Every Day Ethnic Cuisines Explore Your Own Cultural Background Family Tradition Calendar (PBS) Frequency Diagrams (BBC) Friends and Flags || Graphic Organizers (eThemes) Graphs The Hamburger (NPR) Hats Off! Help Our Colonist Get Dressed (PBS) Holiday Exploration Interactive Graphic Organizers Interactive Venn Diagram (Read Write Think) Interpreting Chart Information (TV 411) Interpreting Data (BBC) || Konnichiwa, Welcome to My World (WebQuest) Mask Making and Use in Different Cultures Mexican Food (Teachers Net) Music of Countries and Cultures Native American Food Guide Pyrimid Reading Charts and Graphs (TV 411) Reading Percentages in Charts (TV 411) || The Unspoken Word (Think Quest) U.S. Census Bureau Yokut Day Celebration Water for Basic Needs ||
 * 1) **Components of Culture** - Recognize some of the major components of a culture (i.e., language, clothing, food, art, and music).
 * 2) **Basic Needs** - Determine similarities and differences in the ways different cultural groups address basic human needs (i.e., food, water, clothing, and shelter) by interpreting pictures
 * 3) **Population Distribution** - Differentiate the cultural population distribution in the United States using a bar graph.
 * 4) **Map of Cultural Groups** - Interpret a chart or map identifying major cultural groups of the world.
 * A Life in Song

=Economics = A Simple Chocolate Bar Assam Agricultural Map (Maps of India) Bartering for Goods Business Buddies (Beacon Learning Center) Coming and Going: Imports and Exports Throughout the World (Econ Ed Link) Commerce Community Helpers Are At Your Service (Econ Ed Link) Communities: What They Provide For Us (Econ Ed Link) Consumer (Econ Ed Link) Cropland Data Layer Delivering the Goods (Econ Ed Link) Economics Economic Spotter: Money in Revolutionary Times (Econ Ed Links) Economic Spotter: Resources During World War II (Econ Ed Links) Economic Spotter: Trade In Colonial History (Econ Ed Link) Everything Comes From Something (National Geographic) Exports and Imports From the Land || The Goat in the Rug Good and Services (Econ Ed Link) Goods and Services How Money Began How People Make Things (PBS Kids) Hawaiian Economics: Barter For Fish and Poi (Econ Ed Link) If You Give A Mouse A Cookie I Have No Money, Would You Take Wampum? (Econ Ed Link) The Incredible Econ Industrial Map of India (Maps of India) The International Pencil Let's Find A Deal! (Econ Ed Link) Little Bill the Producer! (Econ Ed Link) || Made In The USA (Ed Place) Making Money (PBS) Mystery Workers (Econ Ed Link) Natural Resources: Can We Use Them Forever? Norman Rockwell's 'Curiousity Shop' (Econ Ed Link) Northern Nevada Industrial Map Opportunity Cost Practical Money Skills Producers (Econ Ed Link) The Productive Blues (Jeans) (Econ Ed Link) || Simple Simon Meets A Producer (Econ Ed Link) Simple Simon Met A Pie-Man (Econ Ed Link) Tapped Dry: How Do You Solve a Water Shortage? (Econ Ed Link) To Market To Market (Econ Ed Link) Vincent van Gogh's Flower Beds In Holland (Econ Ed Links) We Are Consumers and Producers (Econ Ed Links) Where Do Your Belongings Coming From? (National Geographic) Why Do I Want All This Stuff? || =Geography = All About World Geography (Sheppard Software) A Mapstats for Kids Beginner's Map Reading Skills Billy Bug and His Quest For Grub (Oswego) Coast to Coast (PBS Kids) Climate (Scott Foresman) Color Landforms Atlas Of The United States Compass Skills (BBC) Connect the World (PBS Kids) Continent Assembler Copy Cat (National Geographic) Countries of the World (PPPST) Countries of the World (Fact Monster) Creative Climates (National Geography) Cultural Connections: The Tapestry of Life (National Geographic) Cyberchase and the Eye of Rom (PBS Kids) Direction and Cardinal Points Ecosystems The Encyclopedia of Physical Features (Edu Place) Exploring Ecosystems (Harcourt School) Exploring the Ecosystems Find Your Longitude (PBS) Find Your Longitude (PBS) || Geography for Kids (KidsGeo) GeoNet (Edu Place) Getting Green Field Trip Getting Lost (National Geographic) Global Climate Change (EPA) Global Trek (Scholastic) Go On A Family Adventure (My Wonderful World) Grid Reference (BBC) Growth of a Nation Historic Maps Image Ace I'm Traveling Again! (PBS Kids) Know Your State Landform Picture Gallery (Geology) Landforms Landforms (Foss Web) Landforms In The Continential United States Teacher Vision) Landforms in the U.S. Landscapes (BBC) Latitude and Longitude of World Cities (Inforplease) Latitude and Longitude Map Match Game (Kidsgeo) The Latitude With Attitude (Google Earth Lesson) Look Up Latitude and Longitude || Making Personalized Map Grids Mapability (Map Zone) Map Collections Map Games MapMatch: Are We There Yet? (Web Rangers) Mapping A Garden (Teachers) Maps and Globes Maps and Map Skills (Kidinfo) Map Skills (PPPST) Market Manager My World (Fun School) Name That President (Primary Games) Observe Images of Different Climate Zones (Class Zone) Origins of the Compass Rose Outline Map (National Geographic) Outline Maps (Edu Place) Paint the Map [|Polluted Runoff] (EPA) Rainforest Education Rainforest Heros Reading A City Map (English Zone) Reading A Map (Web Rangers) Reading Maps (Study Zone) Save Our Seas Scale (BBC) Symbols and Keys (BBC) || Tropical Rainforest Cluster Types of Land (Harcourt School) United States Climate Page (NOAA) USA Games (Sheppard Software) Use A Roadmap and a Mileage Table (Harcourt School) What Are Ecosystems? (PBS) What is a Desert? (USGS) What is Climate and Climate Change? What is Climate Change? What is the Big Picture? What's the Difference Between Weather and Climate What's the Difference Between Weather and Climate? (NASA) What's the Difference Between Weather and Climate? Where On Earth? World Atlas World Atlas and Map Library (Fact Monster) World Climate World Jigsaw Puzzle World Landforms (Mr Nussbaum) World Map The World Quiz World Sites Atlas || =Governance and Civics = Ben's Guide to U.S. Branches of Power (iCivics) Branches of the Government Budget Making (PBS Kids) Government for Kids Congress for Kids/Quiz The Constitution Constitution Facts The Constitution For Kids Election Election (Cyber Bee) Election Day (ABC Teach) Elections (Teacher Vision) Elections (Congress for Kids) Everyday Civics || How Does Government Affect Me? (PBS Kids) How Our Laws Are Made If You Were President (Scholastic) Interactive Mapping Kids in the House Kids Next Door (HUD) Let's Say Thanks Meet Cool People (HUD) || Out On A Limb Park Recreation Map President for a Day (PBS Kids) Puzzled States (Scholastic) Step Inside the Voting Booth (PBS Kids) Symbols of America (Kid Port) Symbols of the USA (A to Z Kids Stuff) || Teaching Good Citizenship's Five Themes (Education World) US Symbols Match Game (Primary Games) Your Neighborhood (Ben's Guide) Where is That? (Fun Brain) || =History = 100 Milestone Documents A Celebration Timeline (Edu Place) Ahoy! Columbus (Scholastic) American Rhetoric American's Story Ancient Civilizations Ben Franklin 1 Ben Franklin 2 BioCube (Read Write Think) Biographies for Kids Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery for Kids Black History Month Communication and Transportation (Scott Foresman) Contribution of Historical People (Toon University) Christopher Columbus (BBC) Crystal Ball (PBS Kids) Disasters Discover the Real George Washington || Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt Famous Americans Scavenger Hunt Find the Face (PBS Kids) Free Timeline From Colonial Crossing to Kitty Hawk (Beacon Learning Center) George Washington The Growth of an Industrial Nation Interactive: Inside the White House (MSNBC) Interactive Timeline (Read Write Think) Introduction to History and Social Science Just Curious: Ancient Civilization The Life of George Washington/Movies Lincoln Memorial (NPS) || Making a Timeline (Internet 4 Classrooms) National Women's Hall of Fame Our Growing Nation Our Timelines Photo Explore (Web Rangers) Plimoth Plantation The Presidents Portrait of George Washington Presidents' Day Primary History (BBC) Middle Ages Railroad Connections (Web Rangers) The Renaissance Sent Away (Web Rangers) || Technology At Home (PBS) The Telephone Timeline (PBS) Third Grade Poster Sets Thomas Jefferson Timeline Time Line Maker (Teach-nology) Timelines (Internet 4 Classrooms) Timelines: A Timeless Teaching Tool The Underground Railroad (National Geographic) Understanding Timelines: Get In Line (Edu Place) Using Timelines As A Resource (Beacon Learning Center) Veteran's Day (Class Brain) White House 101 World War 1 World War II ||
 * 1) **Resource or Product** - Distinguish the difference between a natural resource and finished product.
 * 2) <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Interpret Map** - Interpret a map showing agricultural and industrial areas.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Imports or Exports** - Distinguish between imports and exports.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Producer or Consumer** - Using a picture, differentiate the difference between a producer and a consumer.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Money or Barter** - Differentiate between money and barter economies.
 * 4-H Virtual Farm
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Components** - Identify the major physical components of the world (i.e., oceans, equator, continents, and hemispheres).
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Map Key** - Recognize and use a map key.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Find Location** - Find a specific location on a school or community map.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Absolute and Relative** - Use absolute and relative locations to identify places on a map (i.e., north, south, east, west, borders, lines of longitude and latitude, the equator, and the north and south poles.).
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Basic Components** - Identify basic components of earth's systems (i.e., landforms, water, climate, and weather).
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Cardinal Directions** - Utilize skills to locate a place using cardinal directions and symbols given an appropriate map with a key.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Climate** - Determine the climate of a specific region of the world using a map.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Ecosystem** - Differentiate the distinguishing characteristics of ecosystems (i.e., deserts, grasslands, and rainforests).
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Geographic Features** - Recognize the identifying characteristics of certain geographic features (i.e., peninsula, islands, continents, mountains, rivers, deserts, oceans, and forests).
 * Adventure Island (My Wonderful World)
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Services** - Select from a set of visual representations a service provided by the government (i.e., parks, schools, and libraries).
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Good Citizenship** - Determine the representative acts of a good citizen (i.e., obeying speed limit, not littering, and walking within the crosswalk).
 * Basic Government Structure (Kid Port)
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Historical Events** - Label historical events as past, present, and future.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Timeline** - Use a timeline to determine the order of a historical sequence of events.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Historical Passage** - Read and interpret facts from a historical passage.
 * The 1920's and 30's

European Explorer Explorers Explorers Explorers Explorers Explorers A to Z (42 Explore) || Explores for Teachers (Mr. Donn) Explores (PPPST) Jacques Cartier Jaun Ponce De Leon (Social Studies for Kids) Travel the Seas With Ponce De Leon! (WebQuest) ||  ||   ||
 * All About Explorers

Colonial Williamsburg Historic Jamestown Jamestown 1607-1630 The Jamestown Online Adventure (History Globe) Jamestown Virginia || Merchant Match Up On the Trail of Captain John Smith (National Geographic) The Real Jamestown, Beyond "The New World" (National Geographic) || Stories of a Nation: Surviving Jamestown ||  ||
 * Colonial Americans

Civil War Soldier (Web Ranger) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * The Civil War

American Revolution (Mr. Donn) || The Boston Massacre Files The Patriot Spy (Web Rangers) || Pennywhistle Hero Powder Monkey (Web Rangers) || The Road to Revolution (PBS) Think Fast: About the Past ||
 * The American Revolution


 * || Go West Across America With Lewis and Clark/Game (National Geographic) ||  ||   ||

Ancient Rome in 3-D (Google Earth) || Make a Roman Mosaic Map of Rome (Italy Guide) The Romans || The Romans Romans (BBC) || The Roman Empire The Roman Empire (Mr. Donn) ||
 * Ancient Rome

Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt || Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt for Kids (Mr. Donn) || Britannica Kids Ancient Egypt: Student Review (iPad Curriculum) Egypt Fun Guide (Sea World) Explore a Pyramid || King Tut One Mummy's Message The Tomb of Perneb ||
 * Ancient Egypt (Mr. Donn)

Arctic Artifacts (Web Rangers) First Americans Native Americans Native Americans Native Americans Facts for Kids || Native Americans In Olden Times (Mr. Donn) North, South, East, West: American Indians the Natural World The Northwest Northwest Coastal Indians Northwest Indians || Plains Plains Indians The Plains Indians The Southwest || Southwest Culture Southwest Indian Crafts Southwest Native American Stories From the Past ||
 * The Anasazi

Ancient Greece Ancient Greece Ancient Greece Ancient Greece (Mr. Donn) Ancient Greece (BBC) Ancient Greece Government (History for Kids) Ancient Greeks (BBC) || Dr. J's Illustrated Guide To Sites Of Greece The Greeks (PBS) It's All Greek To Me || The Parthenon (History for Kids) Parthenon (Greece) ||  ||
 * Ancient Greece

Ancient Mali Journey With Care to Mali Magical Mali Mali Mali Mali || Mali Breakout Mali Geography Mali Maps || Mali Page Map of Ancient Mali || Trade In Mali Virtual Journey of Mali || =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Individuals/Groups = Does the Sun Influence the Temperature on the Earth? (Reach Out Michigan) Effects of the Sun on Our Planet Endangered Ecosystem (Scholastic) || Global Change (USGS) The Greenhouse Effect In A Jar || Needs and Wants Needs and Wants Student's for the Environment (EPA) || Take the Conservation Challenge Quiz What's Your Territory? (National Geography) ||
 * Africa (Pro Teacher)
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Needs or Wants** - Classify needs and wants using pictures of common items (i.e., food, cleaning products, clothes, candy, makeup).
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Conflict and Cooperation** - Distinguish between conflict and cooperation within group interactions as represented by pictures.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Global Concerns** - Recognize major global concerns (i.e., pollution, conservation of natural resources, global warming, and destruction of rainforest).
 * A World At Peace (PBS)

Social Studies Presentations Third Grade Jeopardy Jeopardy! Social Studies Skills Tutor Mr. Donn