Mrs. Kristine Thayer, M. Ed.

Our Textbook Massachusetts Our Home
Grade Three Social Studies
	In their study of our home state, third graders are using the book Massachusetts Our Home by Mary Stockwell and Courtney Johnson Thomas. Below are websites that correlate with each chapter of the book. Click on them to take a virtual tour of a cranberry bog, listen to an audio of the state song, and much, much more. Click on the book cover to preview some sample pages.

State Seal, Song, Symbols		Massachusetts - Enchanted Learning Massachusetts Facts Massachusetts Facts and Trivia Massachusetts State Song Massachusetts Symbols

History Close to Home		Boston History and Architecture Deborah Samson Early American Paintings Freedom Trail Interactive State House Massachusetts Historic Sites Massachusetts Museums Massachusetts State Project

The Land We Call Home		Massachusetts Agriculture in the Classroom Massachusetts Geography

The First People		Native Tech: Eastern Woodlands Wampanoag Indian Fact Sheet Wampanoag: People of the First Light Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head

The Pilgrims		Mayflower History Pilgrims and Plymouth County: 1620

The Puritans		Colonial House Grandfather's Chair by Nathaniel Hawthorne Salem Witch Trials Trial of Anne Hutchinson

Massachusetts in the American Revolution		American Revolution for Kids Folding the American Flag John Adams Paul Revere House Paul Revere: Messenger of the Revolution Paul Revere's Midnight Ride

Your Hometown		Town of Rutland http://www.townofrutland.org/Pages/index

People in Our Past		Emily Dickinson - Biography and Works Famous People of Massachusetts John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Speech - Audio Places Where Women Made History