CurriculumGrade 3Social Studies

Our Community's History

Aligned to C3.D2.His.1 — C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.

What this lesson teaches

A community changes over time. Long ago it may have had dirt roads and few people. A timeline shows events in the order they happened, from earliest to latest.

Worked example

A timeline of your town might show a school built in 1900, then electricity in 1925, then a new library in 2010 — each event placed in order along a line.

Practice questions

  1. Name one way a community can change over time.
  2. On a timeline, does the earliest event go first or last?
  3. Make a short timeline of three things that happened in your own life.

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Every lesson comes with a video taught in English and Spanish — the same video the QR code in the printed workbook opens.

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En español

La Historia de Nuestra Comunidad

Una comunidad cambia con el tiempo. Hace mucho quizás tenía caminos de tierra y pocas personas. Una línea del tiempo muestra los sucesos en el orden en que ocurrieron, del más antiguo al más reciente.

Ejemplo: La línea del tiempo de tu pueblo podría mostrar una escuela construida en 1900, luego la electricidad en 1925 y después una biblioteca nueva en 2010 — cada suceso colocado en orden sobre una línea.

More History lessons

People Who Shaped Our CommunityC3.D2.His.2Cultures and TraditionsC3.D2.His.3

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