3rd Grade ELA
Maps & Roots: Cultural Geography — Grade 3
Exploring the world through food, music, language, and traditions. Students connect maps and places to living cultures — making geography feel alive, not abstract. Each lesson zooms in on one lens through which culture expresses itself, building toward a personal "cultural map" of each student's own identity.
Essential Question
How do the foods we eat, the music we make, the languages we speak, and the celebrations we share tell the story of who we are and where we come from?
📚 Recommended Anchor Texts
Alma and How She Got Her Name
The Water Princess
Dreamers
Where Are You From?
Lessons
1
Mia's Table
Food as a Window to Culture
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2
The Drum Speaks
Music and Dance as Cultural Language
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3
Threads Across the World
What We Wear Tells Our Story
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4
The Lantern and the Star
Traditions and Celebrations Around the World
Writing Assignment
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My Cultural Map
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Standards Alignment
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.1 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.3 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.6 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.3 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.1
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