Third Grade Home School Social Studies and Websites to Make Learning Fun

Homeschoolers have a great deal of freedom when studying social studies. Classical homeschoolers may approach it from a time period standpoint. Charlotte Mason homeschoolers may read biographies of important people in history. Relaxed homeschoolers may do unit studies. For homeschoolers who prefer to keep up with national education standards year by years, this article lists the subject matter according to national standards for third grade social studies.

National standards suggest students learn about Holidays and folk customs, I recommend this be done by following a holiday calendar and discussing each holiday as it occurs. Learn more about holidays and customs at socialstudies for kids. History and development of your local community, wherever you live should be part of your third grade social studies lessons. Also, teach your third graders about community helpers using sites like the Bureau of statistics career page, or government page. This can lead to discussions about citizenship and social responsibility. Ben's Guide for kids has a great lesson and resources.

Third graders should spend some time learning about Native Americans, Explorers and pioneers. If you can time these lessons to end around thanksgiving you can increase the relevance to your kids. Learn about Native American Facts for Kids and American Explorers at edhelper.com.

Under the Native American Genre, you will also teach about consumers and producers which is taught at Geography4kids.com. Students will also learn about sources of food and clothing and shelters of animals and people when learning about Native Americans.

Third graders also learn about the history and development of transportation. Get the full history and videos at the America on the Move website. Also learn about the history and development of communication at at the FCC for kids website.

Geography is an important topic in third grade social studies. Begin with local geography and topograhy of your own state and region. Next, move onto U. S. geography and regions. In learning geography, you will want to teach about the continents, flat maps, and the globes. Kidsgeo.com has numerous games and exercises to help with your lessons.