GRADE 3 SOCIAL STUDIES

Listed below are the 10 LifePacs for Social Studies. Under each Pac is a title description indicating the subject content for that Pac.

PAC #301  A  FISHING COMMUNITY
--DISCOVERING DEER ISLAND
    What Deer Island Looks Like
    A Ride in a Lobsterman's Boat
--PLANTING LOBSTER TRAPS
    What Lobster Traps Look Like
    Setting Lobster Traps
    Visiting an Art Gallery,
    Auction, and Museum
    Visiting a Granite Quarry and a Cannery
--CATCHING LOBSTERS
    Checking the Lobster Pots
    What Lobsters Look Like

PAC #302  A FARMING COMMUNITY
--FLYING INTO KANSAS
    A Summer Vacation
    The Six Part of Kansas
--GETTING TO KNOW KANSAS
Soddies and Dugouts
    Lebanon, Geographical Center of the United States
--EXPLORING KANSAS
    A Song and Some Buffalo
    Oil Wells and Salt
    Old Bibles and Fence Posts
--HARVESTING IN KANSAS
    Combines at Work
    David's Operation
    A Beginning and an End

PAC #303  A FRUIT-GROWING COMMUNITY IN WASHINGTON
--A NEW HOME IN WASHINGTON
    Sayings about Apples
    Geography of Washington
    Some Cities in Washington
    A Welcome-Home Party for the Sanders
--APPLE BLOSSOM TIME
    An Apple Orchard
    Fruit Tree Grafting
    Fruit Tree Blossoms
    Fruit Tree Pollen
    Apple Blossom Thinning
--APPLE HARVEST TIME
    Grand Coulee Dam Is Visited
    The Apples Ripen
    The Apple Pickers Arrive
    The Apples Are Picked
    Apples Are Different
    Apples Are Packed
    Apples Are Stored

PAC #304  OREGON, LAND OF FORESTS
--LOOKING AT OREGON
    Land of the Forest
    Trees of the Forest
    Enemies of the Forest
--LUMBERING IN OREGON
    Work in the Forest
    Work at the Sawmill
--KEEPING OREGON'S FORESTS
    Start of a New Forest
    Fires in the Forest

PAC #305   A GOLDEN LAND
--THE VISIT TO A TRUCK FARM
    A Wonderful Valley
    A Busy Place
    Early California
    The Ranch Community
--THE TRIP AROUND THE STATE
    A Big Zoo
    An Old Mission
    A Tar Pit
    A Different Community
    A Rush for Gold
    The Biggest Living Things
    A Strange Lake
--THE WORK ON A TRUCK FARM
    A New Home
    Lettuce Growing
    Carrot Raising

PAC #306  CATTLE RAISING IN TEXAS
--LEARNING ABOUT TEXAS
    Location
    Parts
--RANCHING IN TEXAS
    Early Times
    The Trail Drive
--ROUNDING UP CATTLE
    Everyday Life
    The Round-Up

PAC #307  COAL MINING AND PENNSYLVANIA
--FACTS ABOUT COAL
    Formation of Coal
    Importance of Coal
    Types of Coal
    By-Products of Coal
--METHODS OF COAL MINING
    Early Methods
    Improving Conditions
    Modern Mining
    A Story of Eric
--PENNSYLVANIA-- THE STATE OF COAL MINES
    The State
    Famous Men

PAC #308  MANUFACTURING COMMUNITY, MICHIGAN
--IMPORTANT FACTS
    Location
    Shape
    Things Made
--INTERESTING  PEOPLE AND PLACES
    A Hymn Writer
    An Inventor
    A President
    A Tulip Festival
    A Village
    An Island
--MICHIGAN HAS TREASURES
    Water
    Fur
    Forests
    Minerals
    Wildlife

PAC #309 FLORIDA, GATEWAY TO SPACE
    A Special Place
    Important Work
    Workers at the Space Center
--ROCKETS IN THE SKY
    The First Flight
    The First Satellite
--SPACE TRAVELERS
    A Fast Ride
    Trip to the Moon

PAC #310  NINE STATES
--CALIFORNIA, KANSAS, AND WASHINGTON
    Lettuce Growing
    Wheat Raising
    Fruit Growing
    Cities and Towns
--MAINE, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, AND TEXAS
    Lobster
    Trees
    Coal
    Cattle
    Cities and Towns
--FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN
    Space
    Manufacturing
    Map Study and Puzzles