SOCIAL STUDIES CONTENT CONNECTION TEMPLATE II Grade 3
Story Town Theme Title: Tales to Tell
Theme #4 Lesson 18 Me and Uncle Romie
Social Studies Theme Connection:
Standard 2
Students will understand cultural factors that shape a community.
Essential Question(s)
 How do cultures and communities develop, use, and enjoy artistic creations?
Story Town: Main Selection and Leveled Books
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Me and Uncle Romie (Main Selection)
Aunt Morgan and Her Murals (on level)
Uncle Henry’s New Orleans (below level)
Mr. Finnegan and Me (above level)
Mark’s Memories (ELL)
Outside Books:
 Ahh! Music by Aliki
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A Band of Angels (History of Jubilee Singers from
Fisk University)
Other Resources
Classroom Library (Nonfiction)
Biographies of famous artists,
musicians, and authors
Outside Resources:
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http://www.amazon.com/dp/0689848870?tag=childrenspict20&link_code=as3&creativeASIN=0689848870&creative=373489&c
amp=211189
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http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/art_
everywhere/bios/bearden/
A Bat, a Boy, and His Violin
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0689841159?tag=childrenspict20&link_code=as3&creativeASIN=0689841159&creative=373489&c
amp=211189
Degas and the Little Dancer
I Spy! An Alphabet in Art
Museum ABC
Anna’s Art Adventure
Romare Bearden Artist
Biography and Background
Information on the Harlem
Renaissance.
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Jacob Lawrence (use to compare
his work to Bearden’s)
http://landsvideo.com/pdf/J_Lawrence.
PDF
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Biography graphic organizer
(http://content.scholastic.com/content/collat
eral_resources/pdf/f/feb05_unit_Biography
Chart.pdf)
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EdHelper.com Biographies
Theme Unit
http://www.edhelper.com/ReadingCom
prehensions_Biographies.html
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EdHelper.com Reading
Comprehension Music Theme
unit resources
http://www.edhelper.com/music.htm
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Pizza Box Biographies (other
examples of these can be found
by googling)
http://www.durhamschool.org/gallery/P
izzaBox09/index.htm
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National Gallery of Art has
wonderful art activities that can
be created online. You can
choose to just share the creations
on screen or print and display.
http://www.nga.gov/kids/
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Core Program Vocabulary (Tier
II)
 glorious
 memory
 masterpiece
 heritage
 ruined
Content Vocabulary (Tier III)
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right
responsibility
symbol
tradition
patriotic
government
civic
respect
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opinion
culture
community
diversity
citizen
contribution
celebration
compare/contrast
Comprehension Focus Strategy
 Use graphic organizers
Comprehension Focus Skill
 Use story structure to help you
understand a story and its parts.
Connecting Social Studies Standard(s)
 Standard 2
Students will understand cultural
factors that shape a community.
Objective(s)
 Objective 1b: Describe how stories,
folktales, music, and artistic creations
serve as expressions of culture.
Intended Learning Outcomes
 Students will recognize and develop an appreciation and understanding of the
development and importance of diverse cultural expressions via art and music.
Social Studies Activities t0 Develop Social Studies Concepts
Do a web quest of famous museums around the world.
Use the artist, musician, or famous author’s topics for library research.
Use Google Earth to locate cities around the globe and pinpoint where their museums are
located.
Google the names of cities with symphonies and see what kind of music they are playing this
season. Graph the genres and then listen to some of the most popular pieces online.