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Grade Level 3

History and Social Studies: 
3.3.3 Trace why their community was established, how individuals and families contributed to its founding and development, and how the community has changed over time, drawing on maps, photographs, oral histories, letters, newspapers, and other primary sources.

Literature and Language Arts: 
1.1 Create a single paragraph:
a. Develop a topic sentence.
b. Include simple supporting facts and details.

Penmanship
1.2 Write legibly in cursive or joined italic, allowing margins and correct spacing between letters in a word and words in a sentence.

 

Critical thinking
Cause and effect
Expository critique
Making inference
Visual analysis
Research
September 5, 2006

Introduction
Background for the Teacher
Guiding Questions
Learning Opportunities
Assessment
Guided Discussion Questions
Instructional Plan
Materials Needed
Groupings
Checking for Student Understanding
Guided Practice
Independent Practice
Closure
Extention
English Learners
G.A.T.E. Students

Links
Writing Prompt (blackline master) | Word
Paragraph Writing Rubric | Word
Graphic Organizer
Pre/post test (blackline master) | Word
Vocabulary review | Word
Riverside citrus background overview information page | Word
PowerPoint | PPT | 14 Mb (Large file - Save to hard-drive before opening.)
Reference List | Word
Orange outline | Word

Mission Inn website
Riverside History
Riverside Chamber of Commerce-history
Citrus State Park
Riverside history
UCR citrus history
Citrus history in Riverside
Citrus Park
Lesson on California agriculture

April 27, 2007
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Citrus Lesson Plan | 3rd Grade Level
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3rd Grade Citrus – Pre/Post Test
   
1. Who is credited with starting the citrus industry in Riverside after receiving two orange trees?
a. Eliza Tibbets
b. Eleanor Roosevelt
c. Eleanor Magnolia
d. Eliza Doolittle
   
2. What is the name of the new type of orange that was sweeter, easier to peel, and without seeds?
a. Valencia
b. Sweet and Juicy
c. Navel
d. Sunkist
   
3. What is the definition of citrus?
a. Fruit that can be peeled
b. Seedless fruit
c. A type of land used for farming
d. Citrus is any small tree that includes the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit
   
4. What is the definition of agriculture?
a. Selling oranges
b. Farming
c. Buying land
d. Inventing farm tools
   
5. What is the definition of a crop?
a. Smudge pot
  b. Irrigation tool
  c. Agricultural product
  d. A Fair to celebrate farming
   
6. Define climate
  a. Land used for farming
  b. Weather
  c. Soil conditions
  d. Type of orange
   
7. All of the following inventions were a result of the citrus industry, except for…
  a. Tree trimmers
  b. Irrigation equipment
  c. Smudge pots
  d. Refrigerated railroad cars
   
8. The first orange trees were introduced in California by…
  a. Christopher Columbus
  b. Frank Miller
  c. Eliza Tibbets
  d. Spanish missionaries
   
9. The time of enormous growth and money to be made from the citrus industry was called…
  a. Orange Exposition
  b. Second Gold Rush
  c. Citrus Expansion
  d. Riverside Citrus
   
10. Riverside’s first navel tree was planted at the Mission Inn by which United States president?
  a. George W. Bush
  b. Ronald Reagan
  c. Theodore Roosevelt
  d. Richard Nixon
   
 
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