3rd Grade
Public Schools of Robeson County
SOCIAL STUDIES
INSTRUCTIONAL ALIGNMENT
Unit Title: Past and Present
Conceptual Lens: History
Grade Level: Third Grade
Unit Overview:
As individuals who reflect on events and ideas, students need to understand the effects and influence of events and diverse historical figures on local
communities and regions over time. In this unit, we will provide students with the knowledge and tools necessary to explain historical narratives using primary
and secondary sources, as well as answer questions about historical events, people, and places. Students will acquire the ability to view events that happened in
the past from multiple perspectives. Student learning will focus on the understanding of how events, individuals, and ideas have influenced the history of local
and regional communities.
Essential Standard:
3.H.1 Understand how events, individuals and ideas have influenced the history of local and regional communities .
3.H.2 Use historical thinking skills to understand the context of events, people and places.
Clarifying Objective(s):
Essential Question(s):
3.H.1.1 Explain key historical events that occurred in the local
community and regions over time.
3.H.1.2 Analyze the impact of contributions made by diverse historical
figures in local communities and regions over time.
3.H.1.3 Exemplify the ideas that were significant in the development of
local communities and regions.
3.H.2.1 Explain change over time through historical narratives (events,
people and places).
3.H.2.2 Explain how multiple perspectives are portrayed through
historical narratives.
1.
After exploring the Historical events in your community, present a narrative which includes: people, events, and places.
2.
Give more than one perspective on the above historical event.
3.
When people choose to move, can it have an impact on various communities? How?
4.
What influenced the English to come to America?
5.
Discuss how some American citizens worked to defend America’s basic principles?
Pacing Guide:
Quarter 1, Weeks 1-4
Unit of
Study
1&2
Major Concepts
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change
conflict
leadership
diversity
civilization
Instructional Task
3.H.1.1
1. Define Historical Events
2. Give examples of
historical events from local
community/region.
3.H.1.2
Essential
Vocabulary
Pre:
Instructional Resources
Sample Assessment
Prompts
Text Resources:
Picture the Order
1.
2.
Scholastic News
The Robesonian
3rd Grade
Public Schools of Robeson County
1. Identify a historical
figure in
community/region.
2. Describe the
contributions.
3. Explain the importance
of their contributions to
community/region.
3.H.1.3
1. Clarify significant ideas
that lead to the
development of local
communities/regions.
2. Relate the examples to
the development of local
community.
3.H.2.1
1. Choose a story to
explain change overtime
through historical
narratives (events, people
and places)
2. Dramatize/ retell your
favorite event that shows
change over time.
3.H.2.2
1. Explain/define multiple
perspectives
2. Compare/ contrast two
points of view of historical
narratives.
communities,
government,
historical figures
3.
4.
School Newspaper
Trip to NC History museum
Digital Resources:
Current:
Change, conflict,
leadership,
diversity
civilization,
historical narrative
Introductory:
Historical narrative
www.teachinghistory.org (give examples of historical events)
www.thinkquest.org (online journal/blogs)
www.discoveryeducation.com (relevant issues)
www.internet4classrooms.com (history resources past and present)
http://www.schooltube.com/video/4ce52bdb47884d2fb3a8/No-More-KingSchoolhouse-Rock
http://www.schooltube.com/video/03f9c858260a4da9b582/School-House-Rock-ThePreamble
http://www.schooltube.com/video/4446d008158a4c42b331/School%20House%20Rock%20American%20Revolution
http://sseclass.weebly.com/school-house-rock.html
http://www.softschools.com/social_studies/history/
http://www.helpteaching.com/questions/US_History/Grade_3
http://www.gvsd.org/Page/1739
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/interactiveadventures/john-smith/
http://ab.mec.edu/jamestown/powhatan.html
http://www.plimoth.org/learn/MRL
http://www.robesoncountyhistory.org/
www.socialstudiesforkids.com (links to other websites and other resources)
www.americaslibrary.gov/index.html
To learn more about John Lawson and other North Carolina explorers:
http://www.mintmuseum.org/craftingnc/01_ex-01-00.htm
PowerPoint?
Literary Connections:
Susanne Tate: (Lost Colony) Soft Step & Bright Eyes (story based on report from Sir
Walter Raleigh and the first contact in America)
Blood on the River by Elisa Carbone
Dear America series
(Take pictures from the
past to the present and
put in order.)
All the Right Questions
(As you read the
selection, answer the
Who, What, When,
Where, and Why
questions. Write your
answers in the circles for
each question.)
*Students will write to
explain why
Europeans came to
America, where they
settled, and why they
chose that location.
*Students will
compose biographies
of famous historical
figures that
contributed to various
communities.
3rd Grade
Public Schools of Robeson County
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Explore Colonial Jamestown by Elaine Landau
Thomas Jefferson by Judy Emerson
Thomas Jefferson: a photo-illustrated biography by T.M. Usel ; historical consultant,
Steve Potts.
John Adams: second president, 1797-1801 written and illustrated by Mike Venezia
“Cities: Yesterday, today Tomorrow” by Scholastic
“Times Change” by National Geographic
“Old Glory An American Treasure” by Robert Lang
“Prices Go Up, Prices Go Down: The Laws of Supply and Demand” by David Adler