Third Grade Social Studies Unit 3

I Can Statements/ Essential Questions	Teacher Resources	Student Resources
MSDE 4.A.1.a Explain why people must make economic choices. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic.
I can make economic decisions based on needs, scarcity, and budget. I can differentiate between wants and needs in order to make smart economic decisions. Essential Questions: How do we make economic choices?	Using Play-Doh to Teach Economic Concepts (You Tube/Economic Education) Opportunity Cost Students follow along and use the textbook to understand opportunity cost. Perfect Pet What is economy? (PowerPoint) Bartering Game - Students try to trade and see if they will survive in an economy without currency. Toys for Me $7.50 Once A Week (You Tube/Schoolhouse Rocks) Satisfying Wants Discovery Education (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com) What Are Needs? Discovery Education (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com) Needs and Wants Discovery Education (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com) Needs and Wants People Work To Earn Money Discovery Education (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com)	Making Choices (PebbleGo) (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.pebblego.com) Scarcity (PebbleGo) (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.pebblego.com) Wants and Needs Game Mad Money Game Goods and Services Sort
MSDE 4.A.2.a Identify the natural, human, and capital resources needed to produce goods. Explain how producers make choices because of limited natural, human, and capital resources. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic. CCSS.ELA-Literacy W.3.2 Write informative/ explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
I can discriminate between natural, human, and capital resources needed to produce goods. I can explain how producers make choices because of scarcity of resources. Essential Questions: What resources are necessary to produce goods?	Three Types of Resources Discovery Education (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com) Factors of Production Discovery Education (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com)	Types of Industry Students will sort resources based on industry. Economic Flag What goods and services support the economy in your city or state? Create an economy flag by adding four goods created and four services provided in your state. Use this EconomySite to research ideas.
I can explain how producers make choices by examining the quanity and quality of natural, human, and capital resources. Essential Questions: How and why do producers make choices because of limited natural, human, and capital resources?	The High Cost of Demand Determining What to Produce Discovery Education (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com)	How We Make Ice Cream Scarcity (PebbleGo) (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.pebblego.com)
MSDE 4.A.2.c Describe steps in the production process to produce a product. CCSS ELA-Literacy RI.3.3 Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
I can describe the steps in the production of a product by explaining the process. I can describe the relationship between technical steps in the production of a good. Essential Questions: How are products made? What resources are needed to create a product?	The Process of Producing Discovery Education (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com) Turning Milk into Gold Discovery Education (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com) The Bessemer Process Discovery Education (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com)	Production Process: This Smart Notebook shows several diagrams and pictures of production of various goods. It asks the students to create thinking maps and summarize the processes. Optional: Use Office365 or GoogleDrive or Pixie to create thinking maps. How Are They Made? : This Smart Notebook shows how orange juice, shirts, and pencils are made. The final slide asks students to create a Pixie Flow Map or PowerPoint slide flow map of the way to create a product.
MSDE 4.A.2.d Explain how specialized work results in increased production. CCSS.ELA-Literacy W.3.2 Write informative/ explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
I can explain how specialization helps increase production of a product. I can describe how specialization and interdependence are related. Essential Questions: How are specialization and interdependence related?	We Specialize Discovery Education (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com) Specializaion and Increased Production Article Benefits of Specialization Discovery Education (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com) The Bessemer Process Discovery Education (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com)
MSDE 4.A.3.a Describe how technology has affected the lives of consumers, such as UPC bar codes and online shopping. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic.
I can decribe how technology has affected the lives of consumers by explaining UPC bar codes and online shopping. I can describe the positive and negative impacts of technology on consumerism. Essential Questions: How has technology affected the production of goods and services and how does that affect me as a consumer?	Henry Ford Discovery Education (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com) Information on shopping trends impacts by technology: UPC codes, loyalty cards, ec.	Read the book, "The Real McCoy" by Wendy Towle and use this teacher's guide to help students understand how Elijah McCoy's technology impacted the lives of producers and consumers. Then have students use to create a problem/solution/impact chart. This online lesson teaches students that new inventions have changed the way we live and work. Students can use this Excel Spreadsheet Inventions Bring Change (Share through Office365 or Google Forms) or this Pixie Booklet to show their learning from the lesson.
MSDE 4.A.3.b Describe how technology has affected the lives of producers, such as robot-powered assembly lines. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic.
I can describe how technology has affected the lives of producers by examining the differences between old and new processes in production. I can describe how technological advances, such as robot-powered assembly lines, have impacted producers and consumers. Essential Questions: How has technology affected the production of goods and services and how does that affect me as a consumer?	Henry Ford Discovery Education (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com)	Impact of Technology Students will write about how these 4 technology items have positively impacted the lives of producers and consumers.
MSDE 4.B.1.b Describe how countries around the world trade in the global market. CCSS.ELA-Literacy W.3.2 Write informative/ explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
I can describe how trading with other countries serve the needs of my community by reading text on international trade, and understanding items needed for production. Essential Questions: How does trade with other countries serve the needs of my community?	Interactive World Exports Map Trade, Exchange and Interdependence	Goods From Around the World: Sort stickers of goods onto the world map. How To Make An Apple Pie and See The World Discovery Education **Begin video at 6:01 minutes (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com)
MSDE 4.B.2.a Classify goods and services according to who produces them: the government, business, or both. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.6 Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.
I can describe the differences between goods and services produced by the government, business, or both. Essential Questions: How do goods and services meet our economic wants and needs?	Results of Producing Discovery Education (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com) Public Service Workers Discovery Education (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com) Private Service Workers Discovery Education (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com) Goods and Services Discovery Education (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com) Trade, Transportation and Government	Goods and Services (PebbleGo) (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.pebblego.com) Goods and Services Match Pebble Go Game
MSDE 4.B.3.a Develop a budget indicating income and expenses. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic.
I can develop a budget by indicating income and expenses. Essential Questions: How do we obtain money and use it to get the things that we need and want?	Creating a Budget Discovery Education (Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com)	Creating a Budget This PDF shows students how a budget works and has a printable to practice. Tech option: have students re-create the budget in Excel through Office365 or in GoogleDrive. Budgeting Basics This Scholastic Site Allows students to read about income and expenses along with creating a budget of monthly expenses. Shopping List tuturial for Excel Good to use as a guide to have students create a budget spreadsheet in computer lab or in Office365. Budgeting This Smart Notebook guides students through making good economic choices. Uses circle graphs and percentages o talk about saving and spending.

Teacher Notes

Website/Activity	Content Standards/Technology Standards
Using Play-Doh to Teach Economic Concepts (You Tube/Economic Education) Perfect Pet Toys for Me $7.50 Once A Week (You Tube/Schoolhouse Rocks) Satisfying Wants What Are Needs? Opportunity Cost Students follow along and use the textbook to understand opportunity cost. Wants and Needs Game Mad Money Game Goods and Services Sort Needs and Wants Needs and Wants People Work To Earn Money Making Choices (PebbleGo) Scarcity (PebbleGo)	MSDE 4.A.1.a Explain why people must make economic choices. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic.
	Technology Standard: 3.0-Technology for Learning and Collaboration: Students will use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.
Three Types of Resources Factors of Production The High Cost of Demand Determining What to Produce How We Make Ice Cream Scarcity Economic Flag What goods and services support the economy in your city or state? Create an economy flag by adding four goods created and four services provided in your state.	MSDE 4.A.2.a Identify the natural, human, and capital resources needed to produce goods. Explain how producers make choices because of limited natural, human, and capital resources. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic. CCSS.ELA-Literacy W.3.2 Write informative/ explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
	Technology Standard: 3.0-Technology for Learning and Collaboration: Students will use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.
The Process of Producing Turning Milk into Gold The Bessemer Process Production Process: This Smart Notebook shows several diagrams and pictures of production of various goods. It asks the students to create thinking maps and summarize the processes. Optional: Use Office365 or GoogleDrive or Pixie to create thinking maps. How Are They Made? : This Smart Notebook shows how orange juice, shirts, and pencils are made. The final slide asks students to create a Pixie Flow Map or PowerPoint slide flow map of the way to create a product.	MSDE 4.A.2.c Describe steps in the production process to produce a product. CCSS ELA-Literacy RI.3.3 Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
	Technology Standard: 3.0-Technology for Learning and Collaboration: Students will use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.
We Specialize Benefits of Specialization The Bessemer Process Specializaion and Increased Production Article	MSDE 4.A.2.d Explain how specialized work results in increased production. CCSS.ELA-Literacy W.3.2 Write informative/ explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
	Technology Standard: 3.0-Technology for Learning and Collaboration: Students will use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.
Henry Ford Read the book, "The Real McCoy" by Wendy Towle and use this teacher's guide to help students understand how Elijah McCoy's technology impacted the lives of producers and consumers. Then have students use to create a problem/solution/impact chart. This online lesson teaches students that new inventions have changed the way we live and work. Students can use this Excel Spreadsheet Inventions Bring Change (Share through Office365 or Google Forms) or this Pixie Booklet to show their learning from the lesson.	MSDE 4.A.3.a Describe how technology has affected the lives of consumers, such as UPC bar codes and online shopping. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic.
	Technology Standard: 3.0-Technology for Learning and Collaboration: Students will use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.
Henry Ford Impact of Technology Students will write about how these 4 technology items have positively impacted the lives of producers and consumers.	MSDE 4.A.3.b Describe how technology has affected the lives of producers, such as robot-powered assembly lines. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic.
	Technology Standard: 3.0-Technology for Learning and Collaboration: Students will use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.
Interactive World Exports Map Trade, Exchange and Interdependence How To Make An Apple Pie and See The World Goods From Around he World: Sort stickers of goods onto the world map.	MSDE 4.B.1.b Describe how countries around the world trade in the global market. CCSS.ELA-Literacy W.3.2 Write informative/ explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
	Technology Standard: 3.0-Technology for Learning and Collaboration: Students will use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.
Results of Producing Public Service Workers Private Service Workers Goods and Services Trade, Transportation and Government Goods and Services Goods and Services Match	MSDE 4.B.2.a Classify goods and services according to who produces them: the government, business, or both. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.6 Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.
	Technology Standard: 3.0-Technology for Learning and Collaboration: Students will use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.
Creating a Budget Creating a Budget: This PDF shows students how a budget works and has a printable to practice. Tech option: have students re-create the budget in Excel through Office365 or in GoogleDrive. Shopping List tuturial for Excel Good to use as a guide to have students create a budget spreadsheet in computer lab or in Office365. Budgeting This Smart Notebook guides students through making good economic choices. Uses circle graphs and percentages o talk about saving and spending.	MSDE 4.B.3.a Develop a budget indicating income and expenses. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic.
	Technology Standard: 3.0-Technology for Learning and Collaboration: Students will use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.

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