2.   From Sea to Shining Sea
Houghton Mifflin Social Studies, Third grade, copyright 1999
Unit 4, Chapter 10, pages 1190-215
This chapter, titled "Taking Care of Our Land," covers conservation, pollution, control, and recycling .

3.  California Department of Education
Course Models for History-Social Science Aligned To The State Content Standards Grade 3
These documents contain hundreds of pages of lesson plans that are aligned to the third grade standards designed by dozens of teachers and advisors.  Check the Department website 
(www.cde.ca.gov/cilbranch/sca/)
Copies were sent to school districts around California or write to 
John F. Burns, Project Director, History-Social Science Course Models, California Department of Education, Standards and Assessment Division, 721 Capital Mall, 6th Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814, (916)654-6299, E-mail:  jburns@cde.ca.gov

4.  "We the People"   Video Kit with Resource Guide
Houghton Mifflin Social Studies 1999
The " We the People" video tapes contain 18 grade appropriate mini-documentaries on important K-6 Social Studies topics.  Through photography, art, and maps, students will be introduced to major concepts in history, geopgraphy, government, culture, and economics.  These documentaries offer students a compelling visual experience to supplement any Social Studies curriculum.

5.  The Music Connection 3
Silver Burdett Ginn copyright 1995
 Theme, Unit 1, Lesson 1, pages 114-115
"Save the Planet"  This song can be a spring board for a lesson on protecting our environment.
 The Play, This Beautiful Land We Share, is a theme musical which consists of a series of songs connected with bits of dialogue, and examines our country and the people who live in it.  The songs contained in this play could be use as part of the play or individually to support any of the third grade social studies standards.  See Themes, Unit 8, pages 224-237.

Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
http://www.eduplace.com/
ss/hmss/3/index.html
This website offers a variety of resources that support and extend Houghton Mifflin Social Studies lessons.

Luther Burbank Virtual Museum
http://www2.rims.k12.
ca.us/score/activity/
LBSite/index.html
Description: Welcome to the Luther Burbank Virtual Museum. Tour the home and gardens as they appear today or see how they looked when Mr. Burbank was alive. See all the plants that Luther Burbank developed and meet the people that he knew. There are also many interesting activities to do along the way. 
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
 

Jelly Belly Factory 
http://www.jellybelly.
com/tour.html
Description: See how Jelly Belly jelly beans are made in factory kitchens in Fairfield, CA and North Chicago, IL. From producing the gooey center to the creating outside package, see every step of the process of making your favorite candy. 
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High

2.  Houghton Mifflin Social Studies, Citizenship Simulations
copyright 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Company
This strand of the Houghton Mifflin curriculum contains simulations that can be integrated throughout the program to highlight the civic values strand.  There are twelve cooperative experiences that one could choose from that would meet any of the third grade standards.  See Table of Contents page v.

Luther Burbank Virtual Museum
http://score.rims.k12.
ca.us/activity/
LBSite/index.html
Welcome to the Luther Burbank Virtual Museum. Tour the home and gardens as they appear today or see how they looked when Mr. Burbank was alive. See all the plants that Luther Burbank developed and meet the people that he knew. There are also many interesting activities to do along the way. 
Author: Cathy Parker
 

Student Experimental Farm
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
activity/experimentalfarm/
start.htm
Ever thought of being a farmer? See if it's the career for you by taking this virtual fieldtrip to The Student Experimental Farm at the University of California Davis. Learn geography by reading the maps to get there. Learn about farming after you arrive including how to prepare soils, how to plant, and how to harvest. For each part of the trip there are interesting activities to do.

2.  See your Reading Support Resources portfolio for material that can be used as support lessons, review lessons, and possible assessments for each Houghton Mifflin lesson.

3.   Performance-based assessments are tools that can be used to assess students' ability to think and learn and provide a variety of ways to test their knowledge of a subject.  A variety of these assessments, incorporated in your social studies program, can provide the diversity needed to adjust to students' various learning styles.  The following are suggestions for performance-based activities that teachers can design to fit the assessment needed:  create or analyze a map, write a letter, cartoon clouds-fill in with the appropriate conversation, write a fictional story or legend, make a timeline, write the correct caption under the picture(s), draw a before and after picture, classify vocabulary words into a chart or graph, diary entries, create a bumper sticker, create a newspaper article or advertisement, compare and contrast on a Venn diagram.

Student should be able to describe the ways in which local producers have used and are using natural resources,
human resources, and capital resources to produce goods and services in the past and the present.
They should understand that some goods are made locally, some elsewhere in the United States, and some abroad.
They should also understand that individual economic choices involve trade-offs and the evaluation of benefits and costs.