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SOCIAL STUDIES WITH THE

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NEGLECT IS A NO
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We must not neglect social studies.
Neglecting to teach social studies
can lead to a lack of knowledge that
all US citizens should know in this
country.
Neglecting to make time for social
studies will put our students behind.
Lets change neglect, into prepare!
CIVIL COMPETENCE
This is a large concept, meaning
it may take some time to teach.
MAKE THAT TIME!
Prepare students for what is out
there upon graduation, even in
elementary school.
We must start somewhere!
SOCIAL STUDIES & LANGUAGE
ARTS
Dedicated reading time
Magazines, novels, current event
articles, bell ringer activities
Knowledge is power, and
knowledge cannot come without
literature.
READREADREAD
C-3 MINI LESSON #1 (3RD GRADE)
D2.Eco.2.3-5. Identify positive and negative incentives that
influence the decisions people make.
Bell ringer: Discuss amongst your table partners whether or
not you think working towards earning a pizza party is a
positive incentive or a negative incentive. Be sure to have a
speaker ready to defend your tables stand!
Activity: Hand out article from some current even from recent
days, relevant to the students lives. Ex.) recent Grammy
nominations, celebrity mistakes, etc.
Have each student pick out a word or phrase within the
article that represents either positive or negative incentive
on the topic. Proceed to have students share taking
assessments on the different words/phrases chosen.
Closing: Conclude with referring back to your standard, as well
as tying in how well positive incentives can work is properly
proposed in a situation.
C-3 MINI LESSON #2 (3RD GRADE)
D2.Geo.4.3-5. Explain how culture influences the way people modify and
adapt to their environments.
Bell ringer: Assign each table a country. (Africa, Europe, USA, etc.)
Working with table partners, come up with a list of 10 things about the
culture of your country, yes you may use your phones or chrome books
to research your country. Be prepared to share your ten things.
Activity: Point out the major differences between the cultures that have
been discussed, and show students that even though our cultures may
differ so greatly, we are all human beings that wake up, work for some
cause or purpose each day, and then sleep at some point to recharge.
Closing: Have students write a half page (or more if they choose) on their
thoughts on culture. Did they know culture differed so greatly
throughout the different parts of the world? Is there any particular
culture they would like to experience personally?
C-3 MINI LESSON #3 (3RD GRADE)
D2.His.3.3-5. Generate questions about individuals and groups who have
shaped significant historical changes and continuities.
Bell ringer: Table 1-Jackie Robinson Table 2-MLK Table 3-Hariet Tubman
Table 4-Frederick Douglas Table 5-Jim Crow
With your tables Influential African American Leader, research them,
come up with a list of facts you feel is most important.
Activity: Discuss amongst your table groups what you think life may have
been like for your leader in their time. Come up with a list of questions
that if your leader were to walk through the door today, you would like
to ask them.
Closing: Discuss that immense differences in lifestyles that vary among
the 5 leaders we have discussed today. Ensure that without these
leaders, our world would not be as it is today. Promote the idea that
we must all strive to be leaders in our own sense, and hope to better
the world in our own little way.