During this semester you will learn about the following topics: investigating your family history, families passing down beliefs and stories, researching your community, Native Americans and early Hawaiian community life, world explorers and travelers, and European colonization.

Reference Materials

Reference Materials

Investigating Family History

G3SSH1.1.1-Investigating Family History, Every Family is Different, Introduction
G3SSH1.1.2-Investigating Family History, Every Family is Different, Read Aloud
G3SSH1.2.1-Investigating Family History, Family Trees, Introduction
G3SSH1.2.2-Investigating Family History, Family Trees, Practice Activity
G3SSH1.3.1-Investigating Family History, Roles in a Family, Introduction
G3SSH1.3.2-Investigating Family History, Roles in a Family, Practice Activity
G3SSH1.4.1-Investigating Family History, What is a Timeline?, Introduction
G3SSH1.4.2-Investigating Family History, What is a Timeline?, Practice Activity
G3SSH1.5.1-Investigating Family History, Family Artifacts, Introduction
G3SSH1.5.2-Investigating Family History, Family Artifacts, Practice Activity
G3SSH1.6.1-Investigating Family History, Interviewing a Family Member, Introduction
G3SSH1.7.1-Investigating Family History, Interviewing Another Family Member, Introduction

Families Passing Down Beliefs

G3SSH2.1.1-Families Passing Down Beliefs, Storytelling/Songs, Introduction
G3SSH2.1.2-Families Passing Down Beliefs, Oral Traditions, Read Aloud
G3SSH2.2.1-Families Passing Down Beliefs, Artifacts/Mementos, Introduction
G3SSH2.2.2-Families Passing Down Beliefs, Artifacts/Mementos, Read Aloud
G3SSH2.3.1-Families Passing Down Beliefs, Literature and Art, Introduction
G3SSH2.4.1-Families Passing Down Beliefs, Celebrations and Religion, Introduction

Researching Your Community

G3SSH3.1.1-Researching Your Community, Where do you live?, Introduction
G2SSH3.2.1-Researching Your Community, Interviewing a Community Member, Introduction
G3SSH3.3.1-Researching Your Community, Studying Historical Documents, Newspapers, and Photographs, Introduction
G3SSH3.4.1-Researching Your Community, Visiting a Historical Site in Your Community, Introduction
G3SSH3.5.1-Researching Your Community, What did you Learn About Your Community?, Introduction
G3SSH3.6.1-Researching Your Community, Brainstorming Ideas for Historical Narrative, Introduction
G3SSH3.7.1-Researching Your Community, Planning Ideas for Historical Narrative, Introduction
G3SSH3.8.1-Researching Your Community, Writing the Beginning of Your Historical Narrative, Introduction
G3SSH3.9.1-Researching Your Community, Writing the Middle of Your Historical Narrative, Introduction
G3SSH3.10.1-Researching Your Community, Writing the End of Your Historical Narrative, Introduction

Native American and Early Hawaiian Community Life

G3SSH4.1.1-Native American and Early Hawaiian Community Life, Sioux Community Life, Introduction
G3SSH4.2.1-Native American and Early Hawaiian Community Life, Cherokee Community Life, Introduction
G3SSH4.3.1-Native American and Early Hawaiian Community Life, Comparing and Contrasting Sioux and Cherokee Community Life, Introduction
G3SSH4.4.1-Native American and Early Hawaiian Community Life, Early Hawaiian Community Life, Introduction

World Explorers and Travelers

G3SSH5.1.1-World Explorers and Travelers, Early Explorers and Travelers, Introduction
G3SSH5.2.1-World Explorers and Travelers, Early Explorers: Marco Polo, Introduction
G3SSH5.3.1-World Explorers and Travelers, Early Explorer: Zheng He, Introduction
G3SSH5.4.1-World Explorers and Travelers, European Exploration in the 15th and 16th Centuries, Introduction
G3SSH5.4.2-World Explorers and Travelers, European Exploration in the 15th and 16th Centuries, Learning Video
G3SSH5.5.1-World Explorers and Travelers, European Explorers: Ferdinand Magellan, Introduction
G3SSH5.6.1-World Explorers and Travelers, European Explorers: Christopher Columbus, Introduction
G3SSH5.6.2-World Explorers and Travelers, European Explorers: Christopher Columbus, Read Aloud
G3SSH5.7.1-World Explorers and Travelers, Diffusion of Food Crops between the East and West Hemispheres, Introduction

European Colonization

G3SSH6.1.1-European Colonization, Why did People Want to Immigrate to America? – Introduction
G3SSH6.1.2-European Colonization, Why did People Want to Immigrate to America?, Read Aloud
G3SSH6.2.1-European Colonization, The Journey to America, Introduction
G3SSH6.2.2-European Colonization, Journey to America, Read Aloud
G3SSH6.3.1-European Colonization, Writing a Journal Entry, Introduction
G3SSH6.4.1-European Colonization, Plymouth Colony, Introduction
G3SSH6.5.1-European Colonization, Thirteen Original Colonies, Introduction
G3SSH6.5.2-European Colonization, Thirteen Original Colonies, Practice Activity