Social Studies Ohio History Third Grade

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Social StudiesOhio HistoryThird Grade

• SS Strands
• By Jane Taynor

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Table of Contents
1. American Heritage 2. People in Societies 3.
World Interactions 4. Citizenship Rights and
Responsibilities 5. Democratic Process 6.
Decision Making and Resources 7. Science,
Technology, and Society
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Strand 1 American Heritage

• The students will be responsible for asking a
  family
• member for information concerning their
  ancestry or
• heritage.When the students bring their heritage
  information to school we will make it into a
  report.
• The students will discuss the similarities and
  differences in their reports. The students will
  then write a comparison paper using elements from
  their discussion.
• The students will browse the Internet for
  information about the heritage of Ohio.The
  students will also have access to encyclopedias
  if the Internet is not functioning.

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Strand 1 Activities Cont.

• The students will find information on when Ohio
  was established , what it was like then and how
  things have changed when discussing heritage.
• The students will create a heritage timeline and
  plot all of the changes that occur in the
  heritage of Ohio.

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Websites Strand 1
Ohio History Is Alive http//www.naos.org/ohiohist
/ Ohio State web page http//www.Ohio.gov Ohio
History Central http//www.ohiokids.org/ohc Ohio
History http//www.ohiohistory.org State
website http//www.state.oh.us
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Strand 2 People in Societies

• The students will observe their society for a
  day. The students will discuss as a class what
  type of society they live in.
• The class will research the history of Ohio to
  find out what cultures were present. They will
  also be responsible for identifying what culture
  they come from.
• Students will be put into groups of four. Each
  group will be given a culture to explore that is
  either in todays society or yesterdays society.
  If a group chooses a culture that was present in
  both the past and today then they must compare
  the cultures differences.

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Strand 2 Activities Cont.

• Each group will be responsible for presenting a
  report about each culture. The reports can be
  presented in various manners.(song, play, oral
  report, poem, book,etc)
• After the students have given their report, the
  class will have a culture festival where all of
  the cultures researched will be represented.

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Websites Strand 2
Ohio History Is Alive http//www.naos.org/ohiohist
/ Ohio State web page http//www.Ohio.gov Ohio
History Central http//www.ohiokids.org/ohc Ohio
History http//www.ohiohistory.org State
website http//www.state.oh.us
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Strand 3 World Interactions

• As a class we will discuss the fur trade and its
  benefits to the state of Ohio.
• The students will make up a sales list for the
  fur trade. They will simulate a fur trade using
  school based items (pencils, erasers, glue,
  paper, books).
• The class will study the migration in Ohios
  history from the late 1700s to the 1900s.
  People came from Germany, Ireland, France, and
  Switzerland just to name a few.

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Strand 3 Activities Cont.

• As a class we will discuss the reasons for the
  migration to Ohio from the various areas. Why
  would they come to Ohio?
• The student will compare the world relations of
  today to the past. What is different? What is
  the same?
• The students will br responsible for watching the
  news in the morning before school. They are to
  write a journal about what they talk about that
  pertains to world relations with the U.S. At
  school we will log on to NBC.com to look at the
  news.

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Websites Strand 3
Ohio History Is Alive http//www.naos.org/ohiohist
/ Ohio State web page http//www.Ohio.gov Ohio
History Central http//www.ohiokids.org/ohc Ohio
History http//www.ohiohistory.org NBC
News http//www.nbc.com
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Strand 4 Citizenship Rightsand Responsibilities

• The students will research the Internet for
  documentation and find out what rights and
  responsiblities the Ohioans had when ohio was
  first established in 1803.
• Compare those findings to the rights and
  responsibilities of the citizens today.
• Discuss as a group what the city of Dayton would
  be like if those rights and resposibilities were
  still enforced.

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Strand 4 Activities Cont.

• The students will then focus on the rights and
  responsponsiblilites were of children. What jobs
  would they have if they lived when their
  greatgrandparents lived?
• The students will then form a council. They will
  decide what rights and responsibilities the
  students will have to follow for the rest of the
  week. Any student who wishes not to follow the
  list will be put in jail ( but will still have to
  do the work).

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Websites Strand 4
State website http//www.state.oh.us Ohio
History Is Alive http//www.naos.org/ohiohist/ Oh
io State web page http//www.Ohio.gov Ohio
History Central http//www.ohiokids.org/ohc Ohio
History http//www.ohiohistory.org
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Strand 5 Democratic Process

• Have the students browse the websites given to
  find out what types of groups or institutions
  were developed based on the want for social
  equality.
• Discuss what types of groups or institutions are
  in the area today that are here for the same
  reason.
• The class will research famous people in Ohios
  history to find out who fought for equality. One
  student will be chosen to present a biography on
  one person.

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Strand 5 Activities Cont.

• The students will design a group that they think
  would work in todays society to make people feel
  equality.
• The students will research the Underground
  Railroad and Clement L. Vallandigham which was
  the leader of the Peace Democrats party.

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Websites Strand 5
Oplin Library http//www.oplin.lib.oh.us/educate/s
tuff Ohio History Central http//www.ohiokids.org
/ohc Ohio History Is Alive http//www.naos.org/oh
iohist State website http//www.state.oh.us Ohio
History http//www.ohiohistory.org
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Strand 6 Decision Making and Resources

• The students will discuss the government of Ohio
  and who holds the power positions.
• The class will create their own local
  government. We will elect 1 governor, 1 mayor,
  and the rest of the class will be the city
  council. They will be in charge of running the
  City of Taynor. They will discuss the happening
  of the city and what needs to be added to the the
  city. They must go through all of the steps to
  get the ideas approved.
• The students must make up their own set of taxes.
  They will decide what will be taxed and how much
  it will be taxed.

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Strand 6 Activities Cont.

• The students will develop their own industry.
  They will need to figure out what types of
  products will be manufactured and sold in the
  state of Ohio. They must draw a picture of the
  product manufactured and build a model of what
  the company would look like using cardboard,
  construction paper, markers, glue and other
  various materials.
• The students will research the history of Ohio to
  look at the past industries that worked well for
  the financial advancement of Ohio.

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Websites Strand 6
Oplin Library http//www.oplin.lib.oh.us/educate/s
tuff Ohio History Central http//www.ohiokids.org
/ohc Ohio History Is Alive http//www.naos.org/oh
iohist State website http//www.state.oh.us Ohio
History http//www.ohiohistory.org
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Strand 7 Science,Technologyand Society

• The students will be studying birds in their
  sciences unit. The students will write and
  important poem about the cardinal, which is the
  Ohio state bird, related to science facts about
  birds.
• The class will discuss the other various animals
  that you would find in Ohio. They are to write a
  short paragraph about the animal and then draw a
  picture of that particular animal.

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Strand 7 Activities Cont.

• The students will get to look at a farmers
  almanac to determine what the weather will be for
  a particular day. Each student will pick one day
  and predict what will really happen on that day.
  
• The students will go on a field trip to the
  Wright Patt Airforce Base. While the students
  are there they will be responsible for looking at
  the technology of the aircraft and then when they
  return to school they will compare it to the
  technology of the first airplane. They will each
  be able to create their own plane out of bulsa
  wood and other materials.
• The students will develop a set criteria for the
  society of Ohio. Who it contains? How it is
  operated? Where everything takes place.

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Websites Strand 7
Ohio History Is Alive http//www.naos.org/ohiohist
/ Ohio State web page http//www.Ohio.gov Ohio
History Central http//www.ohiokids.org/ohc Ohio
History http//www.ohiohistory.org State
website http//www.state.oh.us