Elementary Social Studies Curriculum Map Grade 3

SS3G1a

SS3CG2

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  What happened in Eleanor Roosevelt, Thurgood Marshall, and Lyndon B. Johnson’s life? (timeline)
  
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  Where and when did Eleanor Roosevelt, Thurgood Marshall, and Lyndon B. Johnson live?
  
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  What is the United Nations?
  
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  What are human rights?
  
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  What are civil rights?
  
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  What was the Great Society?
  
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  What is the right to vote?
  
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  Where are the Appalachian Mountains on a map/globe?
  
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  Where are the Rocky Mountains on a map/globe?
  

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  How did Eleanor Roosevelt work for human rights?
  
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  Why did Eleanor Roosevelt think that cooperation was so important?
  
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  What did Thurgood Marshall do to further civil rights in the US?
  
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  How did Lyndon B. Johnson work
  

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  Why was Thurgood Marshall’s nickname “Mr. Civil Rights?”
  

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  How did Lyndon B. Johnson hope The Great Society would make America a better place by ending poverty and racial injustice?
  
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  What is the difference between human and civil rights?
  
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  Why was the United Nations formed and how does it continue to affect countries from around the world?
  
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  Which character traits did Eleanor Roosevelt, Thurgood Marshall, and Lyndon B. Johnson exhibits?
  
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  How were the goals of Eleanor Roosevelt, Thurgood Marshall, and Lyndon B. Johnson alike and different?
  
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  Which mountain range (Appalachian or Rocky) is bigger, longer, higher, etc…?
  
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  How are mountain ranges shown on a political map?
  
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  When using a political map (or an elevation map), how can you tell the elevation of a mountain range?
  

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  Eleanor Roosevelt
  
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  Thurgood Marshall
  
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  Lyndon B. Johnson
  
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  United Nations
  
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  Human rights
  
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  Civil rights
  
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  The Great Society
  
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  Voting rights
  
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  Education
  
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  Cooperation
  
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  Tolerance
  
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  Respect for and acceptance of authority
  
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  Vote
  
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  Timeline
  
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  Culture
  
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  Mountain range
  
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  Appalachian mountains
  
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  Rocky mountains
  
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  Political map
  

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  Compare and contrast the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains
  
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  Write a “newspaper article” about Eleanor Roosevelt, Thurgood Marshall, or Lyndon B. Johnson
  
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  Answer who, what, when, where, why questions about Eleanor Roosevelt, Thurgood Marshall, and Lyndon B. Johnson- use the information to construct a timeline for each person
  
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  Compare and contrast the ideals and good works of Eleanor Roosevelt, Thurgood Marshall, and Lyndon B. Johnson
  
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  Students make a poster of the rights they believe should be equal for everyone in the world
  
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  Research the countries that are members of the United Nations. Hold a mock meeting of the United Nations with students representing the countries they researched
  
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  Make question and answer cards about the American Heroes
  

Shared reading - American Heroes Biographies

Resources

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  Weslandia by Fleischman
  
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  Don’t Know Much About the Presidents by Davis
  
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  A Picture Book of Thurgood Marshall by David Adler
  
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  Young Thurgood Marshall by Carpenter
  
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  A Dream of Freedom- Civil Rights Movement from 1954-1968 by Diane McWhorter
  
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  Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World (Women of our Time) by Doris Faber, Donna Ruff
  
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  Eleanor by Barbara Cooney
  
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  A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt by C. Coco De Young