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Unit I Active Citizenship

Congress for Kids: Introduction to Citizenship

http://www.congressforkids.net/citizenship_intro.htm

Ben’s U.S. Guide to Government for kids

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/citizenship/index.html

Ideas for Volunteerism in the Community

http://www.pbs.org/parents/zoom/action/educators.html

Continents and Oceans Map (Just need whiteout for the kids)

http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/maps/printables/continents-oceans_WMZBN.pdf

Continent Project Ideas

https://sites.google.com/site/k3abcprimary/Home/third-grade-continent-projects

Not Continent related but 5 projects Grades 3-5 to juice up geography from Scholastic.

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/classroom-solutions/2011/11/five-projects-juice-geography

Types of Maps YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwWrrjFgH3o

Economic Interdependence

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/economics/interdependence.htm

Cultural Diffusion Explained in brief video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrixSTWc7Ag

Franklin Township Web Site

http://www.franklintwpnj.org/about-franklin/history

New York, New Jersey and Connecticut Botany Online

http://www.nynjctbotany.org/njnbtofc/franklintwn.html

Rockingham Historic Site (New Jersey Environmental Protection

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/seeds/rokhist.htm

William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest

http://hmf.rutgers.edu/

Blackwells Mills Canal House

http://www.dandrcanal.com/friends_bwm.html

Ellis Island Timeline

http://www.ellisisland.org/genealogy/ellis_island_timeline.asp

Ellis Island Family History Center

Immigrant Primary Sources Lesson

http://www.tenement.org/files/primary_source/Primary%20Sources%20Lesson%20Plan%20-%20Lower%20Elementary.pdf

Oral History Immigrant Lesson Plan

http://www.tenement.org/files/oral_history/Oral%20History%20Lesson%20Plan%20-%20Lower%20Elementary.pdf

Free book on being a responsible citizen

http://www2.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/citizen/citizen.pdf

Bill of rights lessons and activities from the Constitution Center

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CCoQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fconstitutioncenter.org%2Fmedia%2Ffiles%2FBill_of_Rights_3-5.doc&ei=_wT2U5G-Cc2ZyASLyYKwCw&usg=AFQjCNEf6IZXoKiG4QYNksvRtoxbdUC6HA&bvm=bv.73231344,d.aWw

Roots of Democracy Slide Share

http://www.slideshare.net/wadec/roots-of-our-democracy-unit-review-3rd-grade

 Constitution for kids K-3

http://www.usconstitution.net/constkidsK.html

James Madison Ducksters bio

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/uspresidents/jamesmadison.php

George Washington Ducksters bio

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/uspresidents/georgewashington.php

Ben Franklin Ducksters Bio

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/ben_franklin.php

Bios of signers of the Constitution

http://colonialhall.com/biousc.php

Levels of Government Lesson for third grade. Decent handouts starting on page 9.

http://socialsciences.dadeschools.net/pdf/elementary_lessons-civic_integration/SS.3.C.3.1.complete-edited.pdf

Branches of Government for kids

http://kids.usa.gov/three-branches-of-government/

Producers and Consumers

http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.php?lid=464&type=educator

Supply and Demand Lesson

http://www.totally3rdgrade.com/lesson_plan_supply_demand.html

Lean on me – Lesson on interdependence and specialization

http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.php?lid=446&type=afterschool