Social Studies Curriculum

3rd Grade

Course Purpose:

Students will construct questions and develop answers in order to explore communities near and far.

Outcomes and Components:

SS.3.3 Students will investigate how African Americans and events in Black History have influenced historical change throughout the world.

Pacing  

Instruct/

Assess

Component Code

Component

Standard(s)

  SS.3.3.1 Describe how African Americans have influenced historical change in the world. 105 ILCS 5/27-20/4
  SS.3.3.2 Identify and analyze artifacts and documents as either primary or secondary sources of historical data from which historical accounts are constructed.

SS.3.H.3

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  SS.3.3.3 Use sources representing multiple perspectives in order to Develop essential questions to guide fact based research and explain their local relevance.

SS.3-5.IS.1

SS.3-5.IS.3

  SS.3.3.4 Create supporting questions to help answer essential questions and use historical sources to research African Americans that have shaped our community.

105 ILCS 5/27-20/4

SS.3-5.IS.2

Academic Vocabulary: Influenced, essential question, supporting questions

Content Vocabulary:  Historical, artifacts, primary sources, secondary sources