This is an ongoing social studies class, geared toward the third grade learner.  This course will follow the logical sequence of a 3rd grade social studies curriculum, however, students will work on a single topic each week making it easy to join or leave as caregivers see fit.

TOPICS
**This list will be continuously updated as the class progresses.  Please check back often!

Week One: (Sept 5): Mapping: compass rose, mapping, longitude, latitude, equator, hemispheres
NO CLASS SEPT 12th
Week Two: (Sept. 19):    Mapping, con't
Week Three: (Sept 26):   Geography and human settlement
Week Four: (Oct 3): Ecosystems: biome, desert, plains, tundra, etc
Week Five: (Oct 10): Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and natural resources
Week Six: (Oct 17):  Areas of need of RRR
Week Seven: (Oct 24): Human inventions: steel plow, engine, t.v., computer, etc
Week Eight: (Oct 31):  Types of economies around the world
Week Nine: (Nov 7):   Types of government around the world
Week Ten: (Nov 14):  World governments, con't
Week Eleven: (Nov 21): Careers and community jobs
Week Twelve: (Dec 5): Functioning community (voting, tax paying, jury duty, etc)
Week Thirteen: (Dec 12): World Geography: continents 
Week Fourteen: (Dec 19):  World Geography: continents
*******Winter Break***************
Week Fifteen: (Jan 2): Geography Con't: continents
Week Sixteen: (Jan 9): Geography Con't: continents
Week Seventeen: (Jan 16): Geography Con't: oceans 
Week Eighteen: (Jan 23): Geography Con't: rivers 
Week Nineteen:  (Jan 30): Geography Con't: seas 
Week Twenty: (Feb 6): Geography: deserts 
Week Twenty-one: (Feb 13): Major Mountain ranges 
Week Twenty-two: (Feb 21): The Constitution     (Mar 1)        
Week Twenty-three: (Feb 27): The Bill of Rights            
Week Twenty-four: (Mar 6): Supply and Demand/ Shortages and surplus          
Week Twenty-five: (Mar 13): Producers and Consumers             
Week Twenty-six: (Mar 20): Imports and exports            Life without imports/exports    
Week Twenty-seven: (Mar 27): Production of goods: agriculture, mining, manufacturing, trade   
Week Twenty-eight: (Apr 3): Life without imports/exports                      Government: federal
Week Twenty-nine: (Apr 10): Government: local and state leaders    
             ***No class April 17***     
Week Thirty: (Apr 24):Government: federal                                   
Week Thirty-one: (May 1): History: Vikings          
Week Thirty-two: (May 8): History: Alaskan Inuits              
Week Thirty-three: (May 15): History: famous individuals
Week Thirty-four: (May 22): History: famous individuals  
Week Thirty-five: (May 31): History: famous individuals 
Week Thirty-six: (June 7): History: famous individuals 
*******FINAL CLASS********