3rd Grade Social Studies
Communities
Welcome Teachers and Students!
Harcourt and Brace
2002 Edition


 
 
Unit 1
What is a Community?
 Unit 2
Where People Start
Communities
 Unit 3
Communities Grow
and Change
 Unit 4
People Working Together
 Unit 5
Living together in a Community, State, & Nation
 Unit 6
The Many People of a Community

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Unit 1     What is a Community?


Lesson 2  - Getting Along in A Community
What is graffiti and how does it hurt a community
http://www.graffitihurts.org/
Lesson 3 - Getting What We Need
What is a City Planner and what do they do, Online activity
http://www.planning.org/kidsandcommunity/  
Lesson 5 - Many People, Many Ways of Life
*Excellent* site on actively meeting people that make up a community
http://teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/index.htm
Learn 10 ways you can give back and help your community
http://www.nick.com/all_nick/specials/bighelp/america/helpamerica.jhtml
Welcome to the city!
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/cities/
Learn about towns in the Northeast and tell which one is your favorite
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/netowns/netowns.html
Are communities still being formed today?  Read this article and answer the discussion questions
http://www.harcourtschool.com/newsbreak/nunavut.html

Unit 2     Where People Start Communities

Lesson 1 - Communities are in Different Places
Road Maps online activity
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/road_maps/
The forgotten Americans
http://www.pbs.org/klru/forgottenamericans/
Lesson 2 - Communities are Built Near Water
Learn about the communities that have made a difference in the transportation industry
http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/
Water helps some communities, but learn how a Tsunami could destroy one.
http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/
Helping the California Salmon
http://www.harcourtschool.com/newsbreak/calif.html
Lesson 3 - Communities are  Built Where People Meet
Building a memorial to Chief Crazy Horse
http://www.harcourtschool.com/newsbreak/crazy_horse.html
Lesson 4 - Why Did People Build Cahokia and St. Louis?
Visit the St. Louis Science Center online
http://www.slsc.org/
All about St. Louis, scroll to the bottom and click on "Just For Fun".
http://www.stlouisarch.com/
Lesson 6 - Communities are Built for Government
Visit the National Zoo from Washington, D.C.
http://natzoo.si.edu/default.cfm
Visit the National Gallery of Art online and make your own art
http://www.nga.gov/kids/
Lesson 7 - Communities Move - Brasilia, Brazil
Take an online tour of Brazil
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/goplaces/0,12405,104221,00.html

Unit 3     Communities Grow and Change

Lesson 1 - Communities Change Yet Stay the Same
How flooding changes communities
http://www.harcourtschool.com/newsbreak/flooding.html
Lesson 2 - America's First Communities
Can you identify these items from early American communities?
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/what_is_it/index.html
Test your knowledge of communities with this online crossword puzzle
http://www.mhschool.com/socialstudies/2003/student/crossword/puzzles/g3_c3_cp.shtml
Lesson 3 - The Community of Tenochtitlan
Tons of games that teach about ancient Tenochtitlan and Mexico City
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/kids/archive/theme_aztecs.html
Lesson 4 - Mexico City Today
What made Mexico City the town it is today?
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/goplaces/0,12405,176161,00.html
Lesson 6 -Inventions Change Our Country
Who was George Washington Carver and did he eat peanuts?
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/inventors/carver.htm
Who was Ben Franklin and what did he do?
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/benfranklin/
List of inventors and links to information about them.
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/inventions2.html

Unit 4     People Working Together

Lesson 1 - People in Amish Community Work Together
Photos of an Amish community including a barn raising
http://www.amishphoto.com/galleryindex.htm
Lesson 2 - People Work Together to Make a Product
Learn about the first woman to be President of a bank
http://chesterfield.k12.va.us/Schools/Evergreen_ES/tech/fifth03/walker.html
No Snail, E-mail
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/mail/mail_0.html
Lesson 5 - The World is a Marketplace
Complete the activity stated below and follow the links to get your information
http://www.mhschool.com/socialstudies/2003/student/tomsnyder.php?isbn=0021492646&id=87&level1=3&level2=7&level3=3

Unit 5     Living together in a Community,
State, & Nation

Lesson 1 - People Make Communities Good Places to Live
Interactive lesson on who and what the Red Cross is
http://www.redcross.org/services/youth/izone/
An introduction to immigration.  After viewing slide click "next" in bottom right hand corner.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/immig/introduction.html
Lesson 2 - Rules and Laws in a Community
How our government works
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/government/branches.html
How to be a good citizen activities
http://www.hud.gov/kids/index.html
Lesson 3 - State Governments
What is Citizenship and how do you get it?
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/citizenship/index.html
The difference in National and State government
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/government/federalism.html
Visit Washington State's Student's Page
http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature/StudentsPage/
Click on any state to get a complete profile
http://www.50states.com/
Lesson 4 - The National Government
Take the United Nation's Cyber School Bus to any country
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/
Lesson 5 - Symbols of Pride
Read about the Star Spangled Banner and its origin
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/starflag.htm
Every U.S. Symbol and picture
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/

Unit 6     The Many People of a Community

Lesson 1 - People from Many Places
Visit many World Landmarks online
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/wrldlmarks/landmarks.html
Lesson 2- Culture in Harlem
Learn about the Harlem Globe trotters
http://harlemglobetrotters.com/
Lesson 4 - Holiday Customs and Traditions
A list of populare holidays and link to each one.
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/Society_and_Culture/Holidays/
Lesson 5 - Different Countries, Different Cultures
How to have a traditional Irish Christmas
http://www.christmasarchives.com/ireland.html
Cultures and traditions of Australia
http://ausinternet.com/ettamogah/waltzing.htm

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