Third+Grade+Social+Studies+Resources

Informational LIteracy 3. Describe the relationship between a series of historic events or social studies concepts, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect. [|Dust Bowl Days] A six-lesson unit; students examine primary documents like song lyrics, photographs, and interviews and letters to list problems of the Dust Bowl Era and use a timeline to to see how the actions of government affected those problems. Extremely rich site.
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**Content Standard 2** Economic Literacy The student will identify and describe basic economic activities creating prosperity in the state of Oklahoma. 1. Summarize how scarcity and surplus require people to make choices about producing and consuming goods and services. (CCRIT 2)

[|Not Your Grandma's Lemonade Stand] Interactive question and answer noting price changes due to weather, etc.

Hawaiann Economics: From the Mountain to the Sea @http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/EconEdLink-flash-interactive.php?filename=em470_HawaiianEconMountainstoSeaSurfsUp.swf&lid=470 Interactive quiz; although the lessons aren't based in Oklahoma, the economic concepts and vocabulary will transfer.

Geography LIteracy, Content Standard 3 1.The student will examine Oklahoma’s political and physical features using text features and search tools. (CCRIT 5) A. Distinguish among map symbols and identify relative location, direction, scale, size and shape using physical and political maps of Oklahoma including the use of latitude and longitude. B. Interpret thematic maps of Oklahoma with the essential map elements of title, legend, scale, and directional indicators. C. Identify Oklahoma’s major landforms and bodies of water on a physical map including Arbuckle Mountains, Ozark Plateau, Wichita Mountains, Kiamichi Mountains, Black Mesa, Red River, Canadian River, Arkansas River, Lake Texoma, Lake Eufaula, and Lake Tenkiller, Grand Lake of the Cherokees, and the Great Salt Plains. D. Identify Oklahoma’s major metropolitan centers and cities on a political map including Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Lawton, Stillwater, Norman, Muskogee, Woodward, McAlester, and Ponca City. E. Describe the climate and various natural vegetation zones found in Oklahoma including the Great Plains and the Crosstimbers. Online Resources: [|Oklahoma Geography] Informational site identifying above Oklahoma geographical features.

[|Oklahoma Geography from Enchanted Learning] http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/oklahoma/ This site has information and Oklahoma graphics. Some resources are subscription only, but ELC has a subscription.