Virginia SOL 3.6.d

Social Studies3rd Grade

The Standard

describing the arts and innovations

Virginia Standards of Learning for History and Social Science

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students identify creative works and useful inventions from the society being studied. They describe how each was made or used and what it shows about people’s needs and values.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can name at least two accurate examples and describe their materials, features, and uses. They can explain what each example reveals about the society and why it mattered.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think creative works are only decoration, or that inventions must use electricity. They may place examples in the wrong society or time period, or name an object without explaining its purpose.
How to Assess It: Show one creative work and one invention from the unit. Ask students to identify each, describe one feature, explain its use, and tell what it reveals about the society.

Lesson moves

Give pairs clay, craft sticks, and artifact images to build and label a model of one creative work or invention.
Write: Which example tells us more about the society, a creative work or an invention, and what evidence supports your choice?
Play a matching game with image, name, use, and impact cards, then have teams explain each completed set.
Students pair one historical invention with a modern object serving the same purpose, then explain what changed and what stayed useful.

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