Social Studies - 3rd Grade

• American Colonial Life in the Late 1700s: Distant Cousins
  After completing these activities, students will be able to: identify the original thirteen British colonies on a map; understand how physical geography affected settlement; understand how settlers' backgrounds influenced their values, priorities, and daily lives; examine artifacts and make inferences about the people and the historical periods that they represent; imagine typical daily life for different families in colonial America in the late 1700s; write a letter from the viewpoint of someone who lived in a different time and place.
• Balloon Globe
  These directions and a template from the Arthur TV show collection tell how to build a globe using a balloon.
• Force, Motion, & Primitive Technologies
  The prehistoric inhabitants of the Four Corners area used simple machines to help them make everyday tasks easier.
• MapMaker
  Hundreds of maps of the world made for printing and copying.
• Natural History Museum of Utah
  Visit this web site to learn about the museum's current exhibits and their permanent collections.
• People and Endangered Species
  This lesson provides students with an overview of some endangered species and of the ways that human activities contribute to species endangerment.
• Reading a Map
  This website has an interactive map that teaches about contour maps how to use one.
• The Aztecs: Mighty Warriors of Mexico
  After completing this lesson, students will be able to: identify the Aztecs as the builders of a great city and rich civilization in what is now Mexico; locate the Aztec Empire and its capital on a map; describe several aspects of Aztec culture; and understand the causes of the Aztec civilization's downfall.
• Walk Through the Continents: Mega maps
  Download and print simple blackline maps from all over the world.