Social Studies Curriculum

In third grade, the social studies curriculum is divided into two separate sections. We will be using our textbooks to study different places and cultures throughout the world. We will be using the Scott Foresman Communities curriculum.

The rest of the time, we will be using a supplemental Lehigh Valley packet and learning about the history of our area and how we came to be here.

Lehigh Valley topic to be covered:

• Physical and Geological
• Humans
• White Settlers
• Early Settlers
• Folk Art
• Early Houses
• Early Schools
• Industries
• Lehigh County Seal
• Transportation
• People Who Changed the Lehigh Valley

Textbook topics to be covered:

• Kinds of Communities
• Communities and their Histories
• People Move from Place to Place
• Places Where Communities Start
• Making Goods
• Technology Changes Communities

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