Social Studies - 3rd Grade
Educational Links

Standard 2

Students will understand cultural factors that shape a community.

• Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian: Photographic Images
  This American Memory, a Library of Congress project, includes pictures of The North American Indians.
• Explore Ancient Petra
  Explore the ancient city of Petra which was located on the trade route between Egypt, Arabia and the Mediteranean Sea.
• Freedom Quilt
  Freedom quilts and the history of their use by the Underground Railroad as a secret code for fugitive slaves relates geometry, literature and history, providing an interdisciplinary approach to this important topic.
• Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: World Regions, 1000-1400 a.d.
  A chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.
• Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today
  Find out what it means to come to the United States as an immigrant from the early 20th century through the early 21st century.
• Inca Trail
  Take a trip on the Inca trail from Cuzco.
• Meet Kids from Canada
  Learn about Canada from Canadian kids.
• Meet Kids from Mexico
  Learn about Mexico's customs and culture, geography, government and more from kids who live in Mexico.
• Mr. Donn.org: Native Americans Daily Life in Olden Times
  Come meet the early people of the Americas in olden times.
• Native American Cultures Across the U.S.
  This lesson discusses the differences between five Native American tribes within the U.S. Students will learn about customs and traditions such as housing, agriculture, and ceremonial dress for the Tlingit, Dine, Lakota, Muscogee, and Iroquois peoples.
• Northwestern Shoshone Fish Song
  This lesson is written in partnership with and approved by the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation Cultural Specialist, Patty Timbimboo-Madsen and Paula Watkins, library consultant to the tribal nation.
• Not Everyone Lived in Castles During the Middle Ages
  After completing this lesson, students will be able to: compare common perceptions of medieval Europe with the realities of life during that period in history; and list elements of the daily lives of various classes of people living in medieval Europe.
• Surrounded by Beauty: Arts of Native America
  Students: Click on different regions of the U.S. to read about the Native Americans from that region.
• Where I Come From
  In this lesson, from EDSITEment, students take research into their heritage a step beyond the construction of a family tree, traveling through cyberspace to find out what's happening in their ancestral homelands today and explore their sense of connection to these places in their past.

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