Horizons: People and Communications: Grade 3

by Harcourt Brace

• ISBN13: 9780153396175
• ISBN10: 0153396172
• Edition: Student
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-02
• Publisher: Harcourt School

Table of Contents

Reading Your Textbook	xiv
Atlas	1	(13)
Geography Terms	14
UNIT 1 Learning About Communities
Unit 1 Introduction	1	(1)
Preview the Vocabulary	2	(2)
Start with a Photo Story Snapshot of a Community: Mount Dora, Florida	4	(7)
Kelly Strykul
Steve Williams
Communities Are People	11	(24)
Main Idea and Details
Lesson 1 People Live in Communities	12	(4)
Lesson 2 People Work at Many Jobs	16	(4)
Chart and Graph Skills	20	(2)
Read Graphs
Lesson 3 Many People, One Community	22	(4)
Lesson 4 People Getting Along	26	(4)
Citizenship Skills	30	(2)
Solve a Problem
Review and Test Preparation	32	(3)
Communities Are Places	35	(38)
Draw Conclusions
Lesson 1 Where on Earth Is Your Community?	36	(6)
Map and Globe Skills	42	(2)
Read a Map
Lesson 2 Communities Are Different Sizes	44	(4)
Lesson 3 Every Community Has a Story	48	(6)
Chart and Graph Skills	54	(2)
Read a Time Line
Examine Primary Sources	56	(2)
A History Museum
Review and Test Preparation	58	(2)
Visit	60	(2)
A Community Project
Unit 1 Review and Test Preparation	62	(2)
Unit Activities	64	(1)
UNIT 2 Citizenship and Government
Unit 2 Introduction	65	(1)
Preview the Vocabulary	66	(2)
Start with a Story	68	(5)
Peace and Bread: The Story of Jane Addams
Stephanie Sammartino McPherson
People and Their Local Government	73	(28)
Categorize
Lesson 1 Leaders in the Community	74	(4)
Lesson 2 Communities Have Governments	78	(4)
Citizenship Skills	82	(2)
Resolve Conflict
Lesson 3 Community Governments Provide Services	84	(6)
Lesson 4 Branches and Levels of Government	90	(6)
Map and Globe Skills	96	(2)
Identify State Capitals and Borders
Review and Test Preparation	98	(3)
Our Nation's Government	101	(44)
Generalize
Lesson 1 The National Government	102	(6)
Chart and Graph Skills	108	(2)
Read a Table
Lesson 2 Citizens Have Rights and Responsibilities	110	(4)
Citizenship Skills	114	(2)
Make a Choice by Voting
Lesson 3 Models of American Citizenship	116	(6)
Lesson 4 Symbols of National Pride	122	(6)
Examine Primary Sources	128	(2)
Patriotic Symbols
Review and Test Preparation	130	(2)
Visit	132	(2)
Young Active Citizens
Unit 2 Review and Test Preparation	134	(2)
Unit Activities	136	(1)
UNIT 3 Communities Are Everywhere
Unit 3 Introduction	137	(1)
Preview the Vocabulary	138	(2)
Start with a Story Robinson Crusoe	140	(5)
Daniel Defoe
Pleasant DeSpain
Rich Nelson
A Community's Geography	145	(26)
Make Inferences
Lesson 1 Describing a Place	146	(6)
Map and Globe Skills	152	(2)
Read a Landform Map
Lesson 2 What People Add to Places	154	(5)
Reading Skills	159	(1)
Predict a Likely Outcome
Lesson 3 People and Their Environments	160	(6)
Map and Globe Skills	166	(2)
Find Intermediate Directions
Review and Test Preparation	168	(3)
Thinking Like a Geographer	171	(38)
Predict an Outcome
Lesson 1 The World in Geographers' Terms	172	(6)
Map and Globe Skills	178	(2)
Use a Map Grid
Lesson 2 Physical Processes	180	(6)
Chart and Graph Skills	186	(2)
Compare Bar Graphs
Lesson 3 Human Processes	188	(4)
Examine Primary Sources	192	(2)
Many Kinds of Maps
Review and Test Preparation	194	(2)
Visit	196	(2)
Niagara Falls
Unit 3 Review and Test Preparation	198	(2)
Unit Activities	200	(1)
UNIT 4 Many Kinds of People
Unit 4 Introduction	201	(1)
Preview the Vocabulary	202	(2)
Start with a Folktale	204	(5)
John Henry
Ezra Jack Keats
American Culture	209	(32)
Summarize
Lesson 1 Stories People Tell	210	(8)
Reading Skills	218	(2)
Tell Fact from Fiction
Lesson 2 Real American Heroes	220	(8)
Lesson 3 Our American Heritage	228	(8)
Chart and Graph Skills	236	(2)
Read a Cutaway Diagram
Review and Test Preparation	238	(3)
The Many People of a Community	241	(50)
Point of View
Lesson 1 A Nation of Immigrants	242	(6)
Lesson 2 The Potato Famine	248	(3)
Citizenship Skills	251	(1)
Make a Thoughtful Decision
Lesson 3 Cities of Many Cultures	252	(6)
Map and Globe Skills	258	(2)
Use a Population Map
Lesson 4 People Express Their Culture	260	(6)
Reading Skills	266	(2)
Determine Point of View in Pictures
Lesson 5 Holiday Customs and Traditions	268	(4)
Examine Primary Sources	272	(2)
Cultural Objects
Review and Test Preparation	274	(2)
Visit	276	(2)
A Powwow
Unit 4 Review and Test Preparation	278	(2)
Unit Activities	280	(1)
UNIT 5 Communities over Time
Unit 5 Introduction	281	(1)
Preview the Vocabulary	282	(2)
Start with a Journal How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark	284	(7)
Rosalyn Schanzer
Learning About the Past	291	(34)
Sequence
Lesson 1 Continuity and Change	292	(6)
Reading Skills	298	(2)
Identify Cause and Effect
Lesson 2 Exploring Your Community's Past	300	(4)
Examine Primary Sources	304	(2)
A Time Capsule
Lesson 3 Tracing a Community's History	306	(6)
Chart and Graph Skills	312	(2)
Understand Time Periods
Lesson 4 Communities in Ancient Times	314	(8)
Review and Test Preparation	322	(3)
Our Nation's History	325	(52)
Cause and Effect
Lesson 1 America's Earliest Communities	326	(6)
Map and Globe Skills	332	(2)
Use a Cultural Map
Lesson 2 Newcomers Arrive	334	(4)
Lesson 3 A New Nation	338	(6)
Lesson 4 Building the Nation's Capital	344	(6)
Lesson 5 The Nation Grows	350	(6)
Map and Globe Skills	356	(2)
Compare History Maps
Lesson 6 United States in Modern Times	358	(4)
Review and Test Preparation	362	(2)
Visit	364	(2)
Monuments and Memorials in Washington, D.C.
Unit 5 Review and Test Preparation	366	(2)
Unit Activities	368	(1)
UNIT 6 People Working in a Community
Unit 6 Introduction	369	(1)
Preview the Vocabulary	370	(2)
Start with an Article ``Henry Ford's Dream''	372	(5)
from A Kid's Guide to the Smithsonian
Making and Selling Products	377	(40)
Compare and Contrast
Lesson 1 Henry Ford Makes a Product	378	(6)
Map and Globe Skills	384	(2)
Read a Product Map
Lesson 2 Inventions Lead to New Products	386	(6)
Examine Primary Sources	392	(2)
A Safer Bicycle
Lesson 3 How a Business Works	394	(6)
Reading Skills	400	(2)
Tell Fact from Opinion
Lesson 4 Free Enterprise	402	(4)
Lesson 5 The World Marketplace	406	(6)
Map and Globe Skills	412	(2)
Use Latitude and Longitude
Review and Test Preparation	414	(3)
Being a Thoughtful Consumer	417
Fact and Opinion
Lesson 1 How People Earn and Use Money	418	(4)
Chart and Graph Skills	422	(2)
Read a Flow Chart
Lesson 2 Saving Money	424	(4)
Chart and Graph Skills	428	(2)
Use a Line Graph
Lesson 3 Making a Budget	430	(4)
Citizenship Skills	434	(2)
Make an Economic Choice
Lesson 4 People Who Share	436	(6)
Review and Test Preparation	442	(2)
Visit	444	(2)
An Auction
Unit 6 Review and Test Preparation	446	(2)
Unit Activities	448
Reference
Biographical Dictionary	2	(5)
Gazetteer	7	(5)
Glossary	12	(7)
Index	19