Unit 4 of the Smart and Simple Social Studies Texas History Guided Curriculum is about Indigenous Groups in Texas. The main topic of this unit is designed to help upper elementary students understand and learn about the rich history, culture, and way of life of 11 Indigenous groups that have inhabited Texas for hundreds of years.
Unit 5 of the Smart and Simple Social Studies Texas History Guided Curriculum is about Early Texas Settlements. The main topic of this unit is designed to help upper elementary students understand and learn about the exploration, colonization, and settlement in Texas.
Unit 3 of the Smart and Simple Social Studies Texas History Guided Curriculum is about Adapting to and Modifying the Physical Environment in Texas. The main topic of this unit is designed to help upper elementary students understand how people in the past and present have adapted to or modified the environment to meet basic needs and the positive and negative effects of these human modifications.
Unit 3 of the Smart and Simple Social Studies Communities Guided Curriculum is about U.S Historical Documents – the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. The main topic of this unit is designed to help upper elementary students understand the purpose of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, and describe the concept of “consent of the governed”.
Unit 12 of the Smart and Simple Social Studies Communities Guided Curriculum is about The Free Enterprise System. This 3-week unit is designed to help 3rd-grade students understand the concept of the free enterprise system and how businesses operate in the United States. Students will learn about supply, demand, scarcity, profits, and notable individuals who have started new businesses.
Unit 1 of the Smart and Simple Social Studies Communities Guided Curriculum is about Map and Globe Skills. The main topic of this unit is designed to help upper elementary students develop a foundational understanding of maps and globes.
Unit 2 of the Smart and Simple Social Studies Communities Guided Curriculum is about the Physical Environment – landforms, climate, natural resources, and natural hazards. The main topic of this unit is designed to help upper elementary students understand the characteristics of the physical environment in a variety of communities and ways people adapt to and modify the environment that they live in.
Unit 8 of the Smart and Simple Social Studies Communities Guided Curriculum is about Shaping Communities. The main topic of this unit is designed to help upper elementary students understand the history of specific communities, and how individuals, events, and ideas can help shape, expand, or create communities.
Unit 9 of the Smart and Simple Social Studies Communities Guided Curriculum is about Heroes in Communities. The main topic of this unit is designed to help upper elementary students understand characteristics and examples of historical and modern heroes, military heroes, and first responders. Students will also learn about key individuals whose heroic deeds and actions have helped others in some way.
Unit 11 of the Smart and Simple Social Studies Communities Guided Curriculum is about Earning, Spending, Saving, and Donating Money. This 2-week unit is designed to help 3rd-grade students understand the ways to use money. Students will learn about a variety of ways to earn, spend, save, and donate money.
Unit 7 of the Smart and Simple Social Studies Communities Guided Curriculum offers a TEKS-aligned resource for 3rd-grade teachers focusing on the characteristics of communities. With engaging lessons covering rural, suburban, and urban communities, as well as the reasons for community formation and historical comparisons of meeting needs, it provides minimal-prep activities to enhance students’ understanding of social studies concepts.
If you’re a 3rd grade teacher and need social studies worksheets that require minimal prep, look no further! These year-long worksheets and activities are specifically designed for upper elementary students and are the perfect social studies reading comprehension passages to use in your classroom!
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