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3rd grade · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 11

Heroes, Writers & Artists

Brave helpers and the stories they leave

What your child practices

Good citizens and heroes the Texas standards name (Helen Keller, Clara Barton, Ruby Bridges, Hector P. Garcia, James A. Lovell, the Four Chaplains, Harriet Tubman and Todd Beamer) and writers and artists such as Kadir Nelson, Tomie dePaola, Carmen Lomas Garza and Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 3.9(B); 3.11(A); 3.11(B); 3.12 · good citizens, state and national heroes and first responders, and writers and artists

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Heroes help others, often at a risk to themselves.
  2. Clara Barton started the American Red Cross. Ruby Bridges was a brave student who helped end school segregation.
  3. Writers and artists leave stories, songs and pictures.

Example: Who started the American Red Cross? She was a nurse who helped soldiers. Her name was Clara Barton. Answer: Clara Barton

Heroes, Writers & Artists in Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 5 of 11 in 3rd grade Social Studies, after People Who Built Communities and before Maps, Scale & Grids.

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

    The Four Chaplains gave away their life jackets when their ship…

    • won a race
    • sank in World War II
    • reached a port
    • found treasure

  2. Question 2

    Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote the Little House books about…

    • the ocean floor
    • space travel
    • pioneer family life
    • robots

  3. Question 3

    James A. Lovell commanded Apollo 13 and helped bring the crew…

    • safely home to Earth
    • to the Sun
    • to Mars
    • to a new planet

  4. Question 4

    In 1960, at age 6, Ruby Bridges became one of the first Black students at…

    • an all-white school in New Orleans
    • a new school in Austin
    • a school in space
    • a college

  5. Question 5

    Tomie dePaola wrote and illustrated…

    • children's books such as Strega Nona
    • maps
    • dictionaries
    • newspapers

  6. Question 6

    Clara Barton and Harriet Tubman both…

    • helped people during the Civil War
    • were astronauts
    • were painters
    • were presidents

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