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Warren County School District

Planned Instruction

Social Studies - Grade 3

Date Reviewed:  February 2003

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8.1.3  Historical Analysis and Skills Development

A.  Understand chronological thinking and distinguishing between past, present and future time.

Calendar time

Timelines

Continuity and change

Events (time and place)

B.  Develop and understanding of historical sources

Data in historical maps

Visual data from maps and tables

Mathematical data from graphs and tables

Author or historical source

C.  Understand fundamentals of historical interpretation

Difference between fact and opinion

The existence of multiple points of view

Illustrations in historical stories

Cause and result

D.  Understand historical research

Event (time & place)

Facts, folklore and fiction

Formation of an historical quest

Primary sources

Secondary sources

Conclusions (e.g.:  storytelling, role play, diorama)

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8.2.3  Pennsylvania History

A.  Understand the political and cultural contributions of individuals and groups to Pennsylvania history

William Penn

Benjamin Franklin

Pennsylvanians impacting American Culture (e.g.:  John Chapman, Richard Allen, Betsy Ross, Mary Ludwig Hayes, Rachel Carson, Elizabeth Jane Cochran, Marian Anderson)

Local Historical figures in municipalities and counties

B.  Identify and describe primary documents, material artifacts and historic sites important in Pennsylvania history

Documents, writings and oral traditions (e.g.:  Penn's Charter, Pennsylvania Declaration of Rights)

Artifacts, Architecture and Historic Places (e.g.:  Local historical sites, museum collections, Independence Hall)

Liberty Bell

Official Commonwealth symbols (e.g.:  tree, bird, dog, insect)

C.  Identify and describe how continuity and change have influenced Pennsylvania history

Belief systems and religions (e.g.:  Native Americans, early settlers, contemporary religions)

Commerce and Industry (e.g.:  technology, ideas, processes)

Politics (e.g.:  rules, regulations, laws)

Settlement patters (e.g.:  farms, towns, rural communities, cities)

Social organizations (e.g.:  relationships of individuals, families, groups, communities, ability to be educated)

Transportation (e.g.:  methods of moving people and goods over time)

Women's Movement (e.g.:  changes in roles and rights over time)

E.  Identify and describe conflict and cooperation among social groups and organizations in Pennsylvania history

Domestic instability (e.g.:  political, economic and geographic impact on daily activities)

Ethnic and racial relations (e.g.:  treatment of various ethnic and racial groups in history)

Labor relations (e.g.:  working conditions over time)

Immigrations (e.g.:  diverse groups inhabiting the state)

Military conflicts (e.g.:  impact of wars)

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8.3.3  United States History

A  Identify contributions of individuals and groups to United States history

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

Abraham Lincoln

Theodore Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Individuals who are role models (e.g.:  Abigail Adams, Sacagawea, Frederick Douglass, Clara Barton, Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, Archbishop Patrick Flores, Jamie Escalante, Sally Ride, Tiger Woods, Cal Ripkien Jr., Sammy Sosa)

B.  Identify and describe primary documents, material artifacts and historical sites important in United States history

Documents (e.g.:  Declaration of Independence, US Constitution, Bill of Rights)

Writings and communications (e.g.:  Pledge of Allegiance, famous quotations and sayings)

Historic Places (e.g.:  The White House, Mount Rushmore, Statue of Liberty)

C.  Identify important changes in United States history (e.g.:  belief systems and religions, commerce and industry, innovations, politics, settlement patters and expansion, social organization, transportation, Women's Movement)

D.  Identify conflict and cooperation among social groups and organizations in United States history

Domestic instability (e.g.:  impact on daily activities)

Ethnic and racial relations (e.g.:  treatment of minority groups in history)

Labor relations (e.g.:  working conditions over time)

Immigrations (e.g.:  diverse groups inhabiting the state)

Military conflicts (e.g.:  impact of wars)

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