Unit Outline 1

Grade Subject: Social Studies-Grade 3rd

UNIT TOPIC AND LENGTH:
Us Building A Nation.
2 weeks

COMMON CORE CONTENT STANDARDS:

Understands how technology and ideas have affected the way people live
and change their values, beliefs, and attitudes.
Understands the organization of the United States government.
Understands the function of the U.S. government.
Power, Authority, & Government

BIGIDEAS/ENDURING ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

UNDERSTANDINGS:
Explains how the idea of individual
What are our values and
rights led to the creation of the Bill principles as a government?
of Rights.
Explains how the printing press
was used to print the Declaration
of Independence in newspapers
throughout the thirteen colonies,
which led to an interest in
democratic movements.
Explains how the First
Amendment promotes liberty.
Explains that the national
government is organized into three
branches: executive, legislative,
and judicial.

CONTENT: SKILLS:
Memorization
 Three Branches Understanding and recognizing
the government
Constitution Being able to distinguish the
Recognize the U.S. Constitution amendments and constitution
represents American
democracy and freedom.
Bill of Rights and Amendments

VOCABULARY/KEY TERMS:
Government,patriotism,commongood,perspective,taxes,publicissue,citizenship,Judicial,
legislative,executive,laws,consequences,ordinances,democracy,rights,responsibilities,
conflict,resolution,authorities,decisions,voting,authority

ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE AND ACTIVITIES:

INITIAL ASSESSMENT : (IF APPLICABLE)

Formative Assessment:
Givendata,analyzeacommunityissueanddevelopastrategyforasolution.
Vocabulary
Identification
Explainthreewayscitizensofourlocalcommunityshowtheirpatriotism.

FINAL PERFORMANCE TASK:

FINAL TEST WITH 30 QUESTIONS

LEARNING PLAN & ACTIVITIES:
Five question review at the end of every class to determine if
students understood the lesson for that day.
Distributethehandouts.Discusswiththestudentsdifferentreasons
whyapersonwouldwanttobecomeaU.S.citizenandwritetheir
answersontheboard(voting,belongingtotheUnitedStates,traveling
withaU.S.passport).
DistributethehandoutTheFirstAmendmentReviewthevocabularyin
theWordBankandhavethestudentsfindandcirclethewordsinthe
puzzle.
Discusswiththestudentswhethercitizensintheirnativecountrieshavethe
samerightsasintheFirstAmendment
Havethestudentsexaminethepicturesandreaddifferentchapters
throughoutthebook.Wewillalsogothroughparagraphsinthesame
mannerasabove.Studentswilllookattheillustrationsfromthereadingand
wealsodiscussthose.
Dependingonmyclassinterestandavailabletechnologyinyourclassroom
orcomputerlab,mystudentswillviewafewdifferentvideosaboutthe
constitution,theamendments,andbillofrights,etc.

RESOURCES: RESOURCES:
Power Point Branches of Government
Branches of Government handout
Branches of Government Flap Book
Discovery Ed video This Is Our: Government
Handouts
Books