SOCIAL SCIENCE-K12-SCHOOL-CLASS-3

Grade 3 Social Studies Course Outline

This class is aligned with Florida’s Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for 3rd grade social studies. It focuses on the United States, its geography and its people.

The students will first learn how to read a globe and a map in order to understand the maps shown throughout the course.

Next the students will learn about North America as a whole, including the countries of Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean.

The students then learn about Native Americans and the first European settlers.

They will then learn about the US constitution and how the nation is run.

The rest of the course will be spent focusing on each region of the United Stated: the Northeast, Southeast, North Central, Rocky Mountain, Southwest, and Pacific Regions.

The students will first learn about the geography of these regions, including the climate and any important landforms.

Next, the students will learn about the people of these regions, including any important historical facts, where most of the people live in these regions, and what the people in these regions do for work.

Course Outline

Introduction

Welcome

Pretest

Assignment: Pretest

The World

Maps

North America Continent

A Large and Varied Land

Who Is An American?

How Do Americans Live Together?

Geography of the Northeast Region

People of the Northeast Region

Geography of the Southeast Region

People of the Southeast Region

Geography of the North Central Region

People of the North Central Region

Geography of the Rocky Mountain Region

People of the Rocky Mountain Region

Geography of the Southwest Region

People of the Southwest Region

Geography of the Pacific Region

People of the Pacific Region

Course Evaluation