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Grade 3, Book 1
Grade 3, Book 1
Unit 1: Great Adventures
 
Grandfather's Journey
by Allen Say
 
Cross Curricular  
Immigration  
Cross Curricular
From the Student Web Page
Electronic Ellis Island: A Virtual Heritage Museum
Connect to this link:
http://wwwald.bham.wednet.edu/museum/museum1.htm


  1. Click Our Immigration Wing.
  2. Click Mexico and then Yahir.
  3. Read about Yahir's family.
  4. Click the Back arrow twice and then click Greece.
  5. Read about this family from Greece.
  6. Explore other family histories suggested by your teacher.
About the Site

Students at Alderwood Elementary School in Bellingham, Washington, created this online museum that features stories about their ancestors' immigration to America. The museum contains three wings: Our Immigration Wing, the Ellis Island Wing and the Native American Wing, where stories, photographs, and links to related sites can be found. The site also contains an audio clip with greetings in Vietnamese and Spanish.

What to Do

  1. Children have read about a trip to America from Japan in their text.

  2. Tell children that the Web site has family stories from students in an elementary school in Washington. The stories tell how people's families came to America.

  3. Guide students through the site.

  4. If time permits, have students click Russia and the Ukraine to read Sasha's story and Vietnam to read Natasha's story.
From the Student Web Page
Immigration Quiz
Connect to this link:
https://www.ballard-tighe.com/Ballard-Tighe/UploadedFiles/product/onlinematerials/Activities/ea7_2.swf


  1. Read the directions to the game. Click the Start button.
  2. Answer the questions to help people immigrate from countries around the world.
  3. When you finish the quiz, click on Print Report.
  4. On the back of the report, write two things that you learned from the quiz.
About the Site

Ballard-Tighe.com is committed to educating children by providing interactive online games.

Lesson Objectives

  • Students will use the Internet take a quiz about immigration.

  • Students will write two facts they learned about immigration.

Suggested Additional Activities

  • Have students find and print a map of the Unites States. Have them play the game again. This time, have them keep track of who is immigrating and from what country. Have them find where the different groups of immigrants settled after coming to the United States. Have them label their map to show where the immigrants lived in America.

  • Have students interview someone who has immigrated to this country. Have them write a report or class presentation about what they learned.
Find Out More  
Faraway Places  
Find Out More
From the Student Web Page
Mapquest
Connect to this link:
http://www.mapquest.com/


  1. Click Driving Directions
  2. Type the name of your city and state as the Starting Address.
  3. Type the name of the city and state where you want to go as Destination City.
  4. Then click Get Directions.
About the Site

Mapquest.com is an interactive Web site that provides customized driving directions, interactive maps, and city travel guides. You can use this easy-to-navigate site to help students find out more about travel to faraway places.

What to Do

  1. Encourage students to think about what United States city it might be exciting to visit.

  2. Be sure that they correctly type the names of the cities and the abbreviations for the states.

  3. Note that you may have to have them select a large nearby city if the MapQuest cannot find your hometown.

  4. If time permits, you may wish to have students click Maps to explore maps and addresses from around the world.
From the Student Web Page
Culture Quest
Connect to this link:
http://www.ipl.org/youth/cquest/


  1. Click the name of a region you would like to learn more about.
  2. Click the name of a country in that region. Then you can explore the customs, holidays, folk tales, recipes, arts, or games of people from that country.
  3. Click the topic you want to study. Follow the links.
  4. Remember to click the Back arrow to return to the country or to the main Culture Quest page.
About the Site

The Internet Public Library presents Culture Quest, a Web site that features detailed information on selected countries throughout various regions of the world. Olivia Owl and Parsifal Penguin guide students on this worldwide cultural experience. Students can find out more about various countries that they might like to visit.

What to Do

  1. Direct students to click one of the highlighted titles, Holidays, Folktales, Museums, Games, or Recipes, and explore the area.

  2. You might want to preview the site to guide student exploration or prepare for an activity, craft, recipe, or game from a specific country.
Leveled Books  
Journeys  
Leveled Books
From the Student Web Page
The Oregon Trail
Connect to this link:
http://www.historyglobe.com/ot/otmap1.htm


  1. Click on Trail Tour from the top navigation bar.
  2. Read the entry for each stop on the trail and write down one interesting fact about each place.
  3. To continue the tour, click Next from the top navigation bar.
  4. When you have finished the tour, draw your own map of the Oregon Trail. Label the stops as they appear on the website and write the interesting fact under the name of each place.
About the Site

History Globe.com develops and serves web-based historical materials for schools, businesses, and cultural institutions.

Lesson Objectives

  • Students will use the Internet to take a virtual tour of the Oregon Trail.

  • Students will draw and label a map of the Oregon Trail.

  • Students will list one fact about each stop on the map.

Suggested Additional Activities

  • Have students imagine that they are settlers traveling along the Oregon Trail. Have them create a journal of their experiences.

  • For further virtual experience of the journey, have students play The Oregon Trail computer game.
From the Student Web Page
Magellan Expedition
Connect to this link:
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/magellan1.htm


  1. Read the information about Ferdinand Magellan.
  2. What was Ferdinand Magellan’s great idea?
  3. Click The Voyage Itself at the bottom of the page and read about Magellan’s exploration. Name one problem Magellan faced on his journey: ____________________________
  4. Click The End of the Voyage. Why was Magellan’s voyage so special?
About the Site

Social Studies for Kids.com provides a variety of social studies related information featuring articles, links, games and activities, and other resources.

Lesson Objectives

  • Students will use the Internet to find out about Ferdinand Magellan.

  • Students will answer questions about Magellan and his voyage.

Suggested Additional Activities

  • Have students trace Magellan’s route on a map. Ask them to draw pictures of Magellan’s ship and the various obstacles encountered by the explorer and his crew.

  • Have students split up into groups. Have them write and perform a TV news report about Magellan’s voyage. It can focus on Magellan’s idea, his achievements, his death, or any event relevant to the journey.