3rd grade social studies essential questions
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Unit 1: Using
Connecting
Themes in
Third Grade SS
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How can the
decisions that you
make affect the
world around you?
What are some
beliefs that are
important to you
and your family?
How do you decide
if one belief is
more important
than another one?
What happens
when you
disagree with
others?
How could having
disagreements with
your friends change
your friendship?
Why do things have
to change when you
have disagreements
with others?
How does solving a
disagreement with your
family differ from
solving a disagreement
with your friends?
What are some of
your
responsibilities as
a member of your
family?
How do your
responsibilities as
a son or daughter
differ with those of
your parent(s)?
What are your
responsibilitie
s as a citizen of
your school?
How do your
responsibilities as
a student compare
to being a principal
of a school?
How do your
choices affect
the people
around you?
Why do we have
rules in
schools?
What are
consequences?
What are the positive
and negative
consequences of not
following your
school’s rules?
What are some
examples of
ways to help
others?
What are some ways
in which kids can
hurt each other by
the way they treat
or speak to someone?
How does where you
live affect the choices
you have for things
like food, clothing,
and recreation?
Why do people eat
different foods in
different parts
of the world?
Why did your
family decide
to move to
Georgia?
How does living in
your community
impact the choices
your family makes?
How does where
you live affect
the products
available to you?
How do stores
get the things
you want to
buy?
Are they
available at
each location?
How are different
cultures
represented in our
favorite
restaurants?
How do you
decide what to
buy?
How does your
family decide
to make and
spend money?
Unit 2: The
Foundation of the
United States of
America
What things did Paul
Revere do to help in the
independence
movement to bring
about rights and
freedoms in democracy?
What were some
obstacles Paul
Revere had to
overcome living
under British rule?
How did these
obstacles
influence Paul
Revere?
How did the presence of
the British in the
thirteen colonies affect
the lives of Paul Revere
and the
other colonists?
What was Paul
Revere’s
contribution to
independence in the
British colonies?
What qualities did
Paul Revere possess
that made him a
hero of democracy?
How did Paul
Revere’s actions
help or harm the
colonists?
Where did Paul
Revere live?
What opportunities
did Paul Revere
have because of
where he lived?
How did the place
where Paul Revere
lived effect the
choices he could
make?
Unit 3: Our
Democratic
Heritage
How did ancient Greek
architecture
influence columns on
American government
buildings?
How does the
present day
Olympics compare to
ancient Greek
Olympics?
What is a
representative
government?
How does direct
democracy differ
from
representative
democracy?
What influence does
ancient Greek
democracy have on the
modern democracy in the
United States of
America?
Why is there
separation of
powers among the
levels of
government?
What is the benefit
of separation of
powers among the
levels of
government?
How are powers
of government
shared where
you live?
How does
government
affect you and
your family?
Why is it
important to
know longitude
and latitude?
Where is Greece
located in
relation to the
United States?
What goods and
services is the
government able
to provide?
How does the
government provide
goods and services
for the community?
How does location
affect products
available to you?
What is
currency?
How do people use
currency to
provide for their
needs and wants?
Unit 4: Life,
Liberty, and
the Pursuit of
Happiness
How does what
you believe affect
the choices you
make?
Why did Mary
McLeod Bethune
believe education
was important?
How did Frederick
Douglass’ beliefs
affect his fight for
justice?
Why did Susan B.
Anthony believe it was
important for everyone
in the United States
to have equal rights?
How does a
person’s words
and actions
affect others?
In what ways did
Frederick Douglass
work to improve
civil rights?
How did Susan B.
Anthony’s desire
to vote change
life for women?
Why was it important
to Mary McLeod
Bethune that all
children get a good
education?
How do the major
rivers influence
the way people
live ?
Why is the use
of political
maps
important?
How did growing up in
the south affect
Frederick Douglass’
feelings about how
different groups of
people were treated?
What role did Mary
McLeod Bethune’s
location play in her
work to improve
education?
What affect did location
and culture have on
Susan B. Anthony’s
beliefs in women’s
rights?
How do buyers
and sellers
help each
other?
How do buyers and
sellers decide how
much goods and
services are worth?
How do buyers and
sellers exchange
goods and services
with each other?
How does
saving money
benefit you?
Unit 5-Rights
and Freedoms
for Everybody
How did Thurgood
Marshall’s beliefs
affect his fight
for civil rights?
Why was it
important to
Lyndon B. Johnson
that all people had
the right to vote?
How were the beliefs
of Lyndon B. Johnson,
Thurgood Marshall,
and Eleanor Roosevelt
similar?
How did actions of
Eleanor Roosevelt
expand the rights and
freedoms of people in
our country?
How did the actions
of the government
impact Lyndon B.
Johnson?
How were Thurgood
Marshall’s actions
related to the
actions of others?
What role did
Eleanor
Roosevelt’s beliefs
in human rights?
What affect did
location and
culture have on
Thurgood
Marshall’s location
play in his work to
improve civil
rights?
How did the region in
which Lyndon B.
Johnson lived have an
impact on the people of
America?
In which way was
Thurgood Marshall
influenced by his
environment?
Unit 6: The
Work Force in a
Democracy
What would be the
positives and
negatives if you
helped a person in
need?
How did Franklin
Delano Roosevelt help
Americans when many
people lost most of
their money and their
jobs?
How did WWII
help provide
jobs to
Americans?
Why did President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
think it was important
to get involved in
other countries’ wars?
Why did President
Roosevelt think it was
important to stop the
leader of Germany
from trying to take
over other countries?
What character traits
did President Roosevelt
possess in order to help
so many
Americans during a
hard time?
Why do we buy
fruits and
vegetables from
other countries?
How does a factory
make a product
available to
consumers in a
store?
How do you
decide what is
important to
buy?
What are some
factors that
determine the price
of the things you
want to buy?
Unit 7: Rights
of Workers in
the United
States
What happens
when your words
or actions help or
harm someone?
Which people have
you met or books
have you read that
have changed your
life?
Why were books
so important to
Cesar Chavez?
How did Cesar
Chavez’s words and
actions help farm
workers in
California?
How can
conflict be a
good
experience?
Is change
always bad?
Why did Cesar
Chavez feel that
there needed to be
change for farm
workers?
What were some
things that Cesar
Chavez did to help
bring change for
farm workers?
Why were
changes to farm
workers’ rights
important?
How do grocery
stores get the
food to sell at
the store?
How do workers
know how to make
toys for a
company?
Why do business and
entrepreneurs choose
to make the products
they want to sell to
consumers?
What are the
types of
productive
resources?
How are different
productive
resources used to
make things we use
everyday?
Why do we need
more than one
productive
resource to make
products?
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