Jen Keck & Emily Greene ED 417 Social Studies Standards— OHIO Third Grade

TABLE OF CONTENTS History………………………………………….………..pages 3-7History People in Societies……………………….………pages 8-12People in Societies Geography………………………………….………pages 13-17Geography Economics……………………………………….…pages 18-23Economics Government…………………………………….…pages 24-28Government Citizenship Rights & Responsibilities…pages 29-33Citizenship Rights & Responsibilities…pages Social Studies Skills & Methods…………pages 34-39Social Studies Skills & Methods

HISTORY  Chronology—by year or event  Growth in a community

HISTORY ACTIVITIES Activity 1: Create a word search to introduce some important aspects of Ohio history. ~~Worksheet-style crosswords: ~~Computerized crosswords: Activity 2: Read The Iroquois Indians, by Bill Lund. ~~Use KWL chart prior/after to extend the lesson.

HISTORY ACTIVITIES Activity 3: Allow children to work in teams and research different parts of Ohio history. ~~Ex: Team 1 researches *Class orally shares what they learned as teacher creates a timeline of Ohio. OR *Teams present their timelines and entire class creates individual timelines.

HISTORY ACTIVITIES  Activity 4: Read The Wright Brothers (Landmark Books), by Quentin Reynolds. ~~Have children write a letter to the Wright Brothers detailing life in Ohio in the 21 st century.  Activity 5: Use graphic organizer to compare/contrast Ohio from 1900’s-now after reading/researching various sources.

HISTORY WEBSITES   /199/27/ /199/27/  hio.htm hio.htm  7.html 7.html  ks.html ks.html

PEOPLE IN SOCIETIES  Cultures  Interaction

PEOPLE IN SOCIETIES ACTIVITIES Activity 1: Sing state song “Beautiful Ohio” Activity 2: Field trip to Sunwatch Indian Village

PEOPLE IN SOCIETIES ACTIVITIES  Activity 3: Explore the origins behind the state flag and have class create their own state flag. The children will be asked to write interesting facts about Ohio on the flag as well.

PEOPLE IN SOCIETIES ACTIVITIES  Activity 4: Use graphic organizer to compare/contrast Ohio with other states and countries.  Activity 5: Learn the history behind the buckeye—Indian origins and William Henry Harrison’s role. Have class write 2-3 paragraphs about buckeyes and create one as well.

PEOPLE IN SOCIETIES WEBSITES  m m  oks.htm oks.htm   neouslyrics/statesongslyrics/ohiostatesong lyrics.html neouslyrics/statesongslyrics/ohiostatesong lyrics.html  gs/oh_flag.htm gs/oh_flag.htm

GEOGRAPHY  Location  Places & Regions  Human Environmental Interaction  Movement

GEOGRAPHY ACTIVITIES  Activity 1:Use a map to identify neighboring states and physical features. Identify and label landforms and bodies of water.  Activity 2: Discuss the role of Wright Patterson Air Force Base and identify types of movement (various planes). Field trip to further examine these forms of movement.

GEOGRAPHY ACTIVITIES  Activity 3: Create state map of natural resources out of food.  Activity 4: Have class create ABC book about cities in Ohio.

GEOGRAPHY ACTIVITIES  Activity 5: Have class locate cities/landforms/bodies of water/vegetation by using a grid system.

GEOGRAPHY WEBSITES   shome/tabid/524/Default.aspx shome/tabid/524/Default.aspx  /ohio_maps.htm /ohio_maps.htm  

ECONOMICS  Scarcity & Resource Allocation  Production, Distribution, & Consumption  Markets

ECONOMICS ACTIVITIES  Activity 1: Read My Town, by William Wegman. Identify goods/services unique to Ohio.  Activity 2: Distribute different forms of money (present and past). Discuss what was used in our state prior to “coins.” Oral discussion: shells, beads, fur, services. Have class create an “exchange rate” for various types of money.

ECONOMICS ACTIVITIES  Activity 3: Distribute various nick-nacks among teams. Allow them to trade (introduce the word barter). After 5 minutes, have each team present their loot. Compare/contrast teams who did well and those who suffered. Explain the importance of money and competition.

ECONOMICS ACTIVITIES  Activity 4: Discuss supply and demand. Compare/contrast supply and demand for the state of Ohio and the state of Alaska. Use a graphic organizer to demonstrate. Have teams create a marketing plan for Alaska to advertise an item that is in high demand in Ohio, but low demand in Alaska.

ECONOMICS ACTIVITIES  Activity 5: Have class review products made within the state of Ohio. Students will then create a class system of money and use this to “shop” for the products in the class. Afterwards, discuss items that sold very low, and others that were expensive.

ECONOMICS WEBSITES      tate/Ohio/index.asp tate/Ohio/index.asp

GOVERNMENT  Role of Government

GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES  Activity 1: Discuss the role that the Ohio Supreme Court plays. Watch video: organizations/multimedia.cfm?organization_id =4  Activity 2: Identify various Ohio laws, and discuss the relationship between classroom rules. Work together to write laws for the classroom, and consequences for breaking them. ~~Ex: jail time=detention

GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES  Activity 3: Field trip to local government building (mayor’s office, court building, etc.).  Activity 4: Discuss the role of taxation to provide goods and services. Review various tax rates for cities across the state. Establish a tax system for the classroom. Money raised can be donated to charity, used for class party, etc.

GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES  Activity 5: Identify local and state leaders. Create a classroom campaign to nominate a class president and vice president. Students will create slogans, posters, and give a speech on their plans.

GOVERNMENT WEBSITES   fm fm  &msg= &msg=  

CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES  Participation  Rights and Responsibilities

CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES ACTIVITIES  Activity 1: Revisit the role of voting, obeying laws, and paying taxes. Have class create posters encouraging people to have responsibility of citizenship.  Activity 2: Analyze a local or state business (ex: Esther Price, Proctor & Gamble). Take a field trip and interview founder (if possible) to learn of hardships and victories.

CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES ACTIVITIES  Activity 3: Have class choose a service project. Learn about the organization (guest speaker, field trip, etc.). Lastly have a food/clothing drive or money collection to donate to the charity.

CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES ACTIVITIES  Activity 4: Participate in the Montgomery County Recycle Rally. There is a poster contest and a contest to see who can donate the most recycled goods.  Activity 5: Plan a community event, or help to plan an event. Distribute flyers and have activities for children. Involve people from the community to donate materials and their time.

CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES WEBSITES  lly.htm lly.htm    =oh&topic=homeless =oh&topic=homeless 

SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS & METHODS  Obtaining Information  Thinking & Organizing  Communicating Information  Problem Solving

SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS & METHODS ACTIVITIES  Activity 1: Analyze charts/bar graphs of cities in Ohio. Compare populations, economic status, size of cities, etc. Give each student information on different cities and have them create a graph to show data.

SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS & METHODS ACTIVITIES  Activity 2: Review old artifacts and documents of Ohio history. Create a class time capsule for future generations. Include letters, magazine clippings, and other memorabilia.  Activity 3: Invite a guest speaker who has Ohio “roots” who may share oral stories, pictures, and documents of Ohio history and his/her life.

SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS & METHODS ACTIVITIES  Activity 4: Provide students with worksheets asking various questions about Ohio. (Ex: “What is the largest city?” “What is the state insect?”). Go to the computer lab and allow time to use a search engine or pre-determined websites.

SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS & METHODS ACTIVITIES  Activity 5: Revisit early Ohio settlement and relationships with Native Americans. Work in teams to identify the problem created with these two cultures; gather information, consider options, and choose a solution. Have the class pretend to go back and time and see how their change/solution would affect today’s society.

SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS & METHODS WEBSITES    markable_ohio/index.cfm markable_ohio/index.cfm   /namerica/usstates/oh.htm /namerica/usstates/oh.htm