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3rd grade · Social Studies · Unit 10 of 11

Culture & Celebrations

The traditions that make up our communities

What your child practices

What culture is, the ethnic and cultural celebrations of Texas communities and others, and how they compare. Cultures and religions are described factually.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 3.10(A); 3.10(B) · the significance of ethnic and cultural celebrations, compared across communities

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Culture is a group’s way of life: food, music, dance, beliefs and celebrations.
  2. Every culture has food, shelter, clothing and language.
  3. Communities have many celebrations, like Juneteenth, Diwali or Lunar New Year.

Example: Is a family’s special holiday dance part of their culture? Culture includes music and dance. A dance a family shares is part of its way of life. Answer: yes

Culture & Celebrations in Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 10 of 11 in 3rd grade Social Studies, after Money, Business & Voting and before Changemakers & Good Citizens.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Every culture has some kind of…

    • shelter
    • snowboard
    • spaceship

  2. Question 2

    When you learn about another culture, you should be…

    • rude
    • respectful and curious
    • bored

  3. Question 3

    Which is part of culture?

    • the number of planets
    • music and dance
    • gravity

  4. Question 4

    Unity means…

    • being together as one group
    • arguing
    • being alone

  5. Question 5

    Diez y seis de septiembre celebrates…

    • the first Thanksgiving
    • Texas joining the US
    • Mexico's independence
    • the end of school

  6. Question 6

    People change the environment by cutting trees. One result could be…

    • fewer homes for animals
    • taller mountains
    • more snow

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