Chicago: Choices and Changes
A Unit for Third Grade Revised October 2009

Chicago: Choices and Changes (download the entire unit)

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Introduction and Teacher Planning Tools

     Active Assessment: Word Bank

     Active Assessment: What I Knew/What I Learned

     Sample Five-Week Plan

     Template for Five-Week Plan

Part 1. Chicago: A History of Choices and Changes

     Show History

     Chicago Legacy: DuSable's Choices and Changes

     Chicago Legacy: Burnham's Plan

     Show Parts of Chicago's History

     Skills for Progress

Part 2. Your Community Today

     Word and Idea Builder--Community Words

     Word and Idea Builder--Community Places

    Map Your Community

     Community Map Maker

Part 3. Progress for Your Community

     A Community Changes

     Community Flag

     Community Leader

     Expository Communicator

     Improve Your Community

Part 4. The City Today

     Chicago Transportation

     Chicago Jobs

     Interview Guide: Ways to Make Chicago a Better Place to Live and Work

     Paragraph Writer

     Word and Idea Builder--City Progress

Part 5. Bold Plans. Big Dreams.

     Better Living in Chicago

     Bold Plans. Big Dreams. Making Chicago Better

     Letter to the Mayor
     Culminating Activity: Chicago Poem

Unit Assessment: Show Chicago Progress

Appendix