Lesson Plans on CD
Many of our Lesson Plans are available for purchase on CD from our online bookstore! More…
Starter Kits
Ready to move to the next grade? Not sure what materials you need to get started with Core Knowledge? We have made it easy by offering these easy-to-order starter kits for preschool through grade 5. More…
Third Grade Lesson Plans
III. The Thirteen Colonies: Life and Times before the Revolution
- Life in the Southern Colonies (2008)
- How America Began (2008)
- Bubble and Squeak (2002)
- Putting It In Writing With the Southern Colonies (2002)
Visual Arts
I. Elements of Art
- Melting Pot to Salad Bowl: Part of a Healthy Artistic Diet (2008)
- Get Moving: An Integrative Investigation of Rhythm & Movement (2004)
- Double Meaning: "The Peaceable Kingdom" by Edward Hicks (2001)
- Masterpiece Magic: The Marriage of Writing and Visual Arts (2001)
- Art Smart! (1997)
II. American Indian Art
III. Art of Ancient Rome and Byzantine Civilization
Music
I. Elements of Music
II. Listening and Understanding
III. Songs
Mathematics
I. Numbers and Number Sense
II. Fractions and Decimals
III. Money
IV. Computation
V. Measurement
VI. Geometry
Science
I. Introduction to Classification of Animals
II. Human Body
- Hearing: How the Ear Works (2006)
- Muscles and Bones: Framework and Movement (2005)
- School Gets On Our Nervous System (2002)
- Sounds Alive! (1995)
III. Light and Optics
IV. Sound
V. Ecology
- Gone Green: Grade 3 Ecology (2003)
- For the Love of Our Earth (2001)
- Appreciating the Animal Kingdom (1995)

