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Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Elementary Social Studies
3rd Grade
Curriculum Documents
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- 1st 9 Weeks
- 2nd 9 Weeks
- 3rd 9 Weeks
- 4th 9 Weeks
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2012-13 Model Lessons
Additional Resources on this Topic
- WOW Activity: Mingle, Mingle
- History of the Holiday - Labor Day (The History Channel)
- WOW Activity: So Many Jobs in Our Community
- WOW Activities:
Historical Figures Memory Game
Automobiles
America's Symbols Memory Game
Independence Day Tag
- WOW Activity: Historical Figures Memory Game
- The Three Branches of the Classroom -
(Texas Law-Related Education) - Texas House of Representatives Kids web site
- Celebrate Hispanic Heritage
- Scholastic for Teachers
- Constitution Day / Celebrate Freedom Week
directory of resources (2011)
- Austin Past & Present is a featured resource in the Map Skills portfolio.
NOTE:
When opening files found in the Lesson Portfolios below,
rather than double-clicking to open files,
right-click and select "Open File in Native Application."
2012-13 Model Lessons
Additional Resources on these Topics
NOTE:
When opening files found in the Lesson Portfolios below,
rather than double-clicking to open files,
right-click and select "Open File in Native Application."
2012-13 Model Lessons
- SS_3rdGr_3rd_9wks_porf_austinpastpresent_1213
- SS_3rdGr_3rd_9wks_porf_blackhistorypresday_1213
- SS_3rdGr_3rd_9wks_porf_localgovernment_1213
- SS_3rdGr_3rd_9wks_porf_texashistory_1213
- SS_3rdGr_3rd_9wks_porf_threebranches_1213
- SS_3rdGr_3rd_9wks_porf_womenshistory_1213
UNIT TOPIC 1: Structure of Government
ARC 1: Three Branches
- 2011-12 Lesson Portfolio: Branches and levels of Government; The National Government
ARC 2: Local Government
- 2011-12 Lesson Portfolio: Leaders in the Community; Communities Have Governments; Community Governments Provide Services
Additional Resources on this Topic
UNIT TOPIC 1: Austin Past and Present
ARC 1:
Additional Resources on these Topics
- Austin Past & Present [3rd Grade Curriculum Resources]
UNIT TOPIC 2: Black History
ARC 1: Black History Month
- 2011-12 Lesson Portfolio: Models of American Citizenship:
Harriet Tubman; Models of American Citizenship:
Martin Luther King Jr.; The Civil War; Black American biographies; "Freedom’s Gifts: A Juneteenth Story"
by Valerie Wesley
Additional Resources on these Topics
UNIT TOPIC 3: Texas History / Women's History Months
[Begin unit and continue through 4th Nine Weeks]
ARC 1: Texas History -The Six Flags Over Texas
ARC 2: Women's History
(continued into 4th Nine Weeks)
- 2011-12 Lesson Portfolio: Assessing Women’s History through Art; Susan B. Anthony; Women Who Left Their “Stamps on History” ; Women Who Changed History; Women Involved in Philanthropy
Additional Resources on these Topics
- Six Flags Over Texas (Texas Historical Commission publication, 1997)
- History of the Lone Star State - Primary Documents/Images (teacheroz.com)
- The Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836.
- CelebrateTexas.org
- Women's History teacher resources (teachervision.com)
- AustinISD Social Studies Web Resources on Women's History
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