This parent guide supports parents in helping their child at home with the 3rd grade Social Studies content.

This resource accompanies our Rethink 3rd Grade Science course. It includes ideas for use, ways to support exceptional children, ways to extend learning, digital resources and tools, tips for supporting English Language Learners and students with visual and hearing impairments. There are also ideas for offline learning. 

These pages shows students the structure of different local governments and how it functions to serve citizens.

With this lesson, student explore the structure of government at the local, state, and national levels, as well as the services the government provides, and the financing for the services. Students compare the three branches of government focusing on the executive branch, how the levels work together and the enforcement of rules and laws.

With this lesson, students learn about local, state, county and national group decisions on taxation, as well as consent of the governed and how leaders can be elected who will fulfill the wishes of the people as designed by the Founding Fathers through the United States Constitution. Students also review traits of good citizenship and consider how they can help their own communities.

Students explore the structure of government at the local, state, and national levels, as well as the services the government provides, and the financing for the services. Students compare the three branches of government focusing on the executive branch, how the levels work together and the enforcement of rules and laws.

In this lesson, the students will learn about their local government and leaders. Throughout the lesson, students will engage in discussions, a visit by an elected local government official and research. In addition, students will learn some basic facts about their local government.

Students learn about local, state, county and national group decisions on taxation, as well as consent of the governed and how leaders can be elected who will fulfill the wishes of the people as designed by the Founding Fathers through the United States Constitution. Students also review traits of good citizenship and consider how they can help their own communities.

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 3rd Grade Social Studies. 

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 3rd Grade Social Studies.

In this activity, students use a story map to follow the historic route of the Buncombe Turnpike and learn more about its economic and cultural impact on western North Carolina. Students will also see how the landscape has transformed in the nearly 200 years since the creation of the Turnpike.

In this resource, students can learn about the similarities and differences between the different levels of government in the United States.

Students reveiw information regarding the structure and purpose of county governments throughout the United States in this video.