Social Studies Curriculum

Grade 3 - Unit 3

 

 

September - November		December - March		April  -  June
Geography	Cultural Case Study:America		Comparing Life in America to an Asian/African Country		Comparing Life in America to another Asian/African Country

• Themes, Understandings And Overarching Essential Questions For This Unit
  
• Specific Essential Questions For This Unit
  
• By The End Of This Unit Students Should Know
  
• By The End Of This Unit Students Should Be Able To
  
• Enrichment Resources

Themes, Understandings And Overarching Essential Questions For This Unit

Theme 2: Development, Movement and Interaction of Cultures

• Understanding: All cultures and people have some things in common and some things that are different.

• Essential Question: How are we similar? How are we different?

Theme 4: Geography, Humans and the Environment

• Understanding: Where we live affects how we live.

• Essential Question: How does where someone lives affect how they live?

Theme 6: Power, Authority and Governance

• Understanding: Government exists to help its citizens.

• Essential Questions: What is the role of Government?

Theme 8: Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems

• Understanding: Decisions are based on needs, wants and consequences.

• Essential Question: How do needs and wants affect decisions?

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Specific Essential Questions For This Unit

Theme 2: Development, Movement and Interaction of Cultures

• How has the culture of China developed and changed?

• How does Chinese culture compare/contrast to American culture?

Theme 4: Geography, Humans and the Environment

• How have the geographical features and environment of China influenced its development?

Theme 6: Power, Authority and Governance

• How do the political and economic systems in China affect its people?

• How do the political and economic systems in China compare/contrast to ours in the USA?

Theme 8: Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems

• How do the political and economic systems in China affect its people?

• How do the political and economic systems in China compare/contrast to ours in the USA?

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By The End Of This Unit Students Should Know

Theme 2: Development, Movement and Interaction of Cultures

• Key Ideas: China has a dominant culture reflected in its holidays, foods, occupations, arts, music, fashion and technology

• Chinese culture is born similar and different to American culture.

• Vocabulary: culture, contribution, inventions, calligraphy, ancestors, religion, emperor, values

• Key People and Places: Mongols, Great Wall of China

Theme 4: Geography, Humans and the Environment

• Key Ideas: China is a large country with many regions and a variety of geographic features. The geography of China is both similar and different to the geography of the United States.

• Vocabulary: canal, continent, irrigate, fertile, pollution, mountain, desert, Asia, Pacific Ocean

Theme 6: Power, Authority and Governance

• Key Ideas: Chinas political and economic systems have elements that are similar and different to our American systems.

• The government In China has more power and control over the lives of its citizens than more in America.

• Vocabulary: communism, government, political, economic, business

Theme 8: Creation, Expansion and Interaction of Economic Systems

• Key Ideas: Chinas political and economic systems have elements that are similar and different to our American systems.

• The government in China has more power and control over the lives of its citizens than more in America.

• Vocabulary: communism, government, political, economic, business

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By The End Of This Unit Students Should Be Able To

Theme 2: Development, Movement and Interaction of Cultures

• Identify elements of Chinese culture.

• Compare/contrast Chinese culture to American culture.

Theme 4: Geography, Humans and the Environment

• Locate China on a world map.

• Use a topographic map to identify the regions and geographic features of China.

• Explain how geography has impacted life in China.

• Compare/contrast the geographic features and their impact on the people of china to the features of and impact on the United States.

Theme 6: Power, Authority and Governance

• Identify the basic idea of Communism.

• Identify how China has become “less communist” in the past few decades.

• Compare/contrast the economic political systems of China to our own American economic’s political systems.

Theme 8: Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems

• Identify the basic idea of Communism.

• Identify how China has become “less communist” in the past few decasdes.

• Compare/contrast the economic political systems of China to our own American economic’s political systems.

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Enrichment Resources

 

 

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