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3RD GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES
THEME: Communities - Past and Present, Near and Far
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History
TOPIC
 Historical Thinking and Skills
 Heritage
Demonstrate an understanding that communities change over time and
can be represented using artifacts and visual aids. (3.H)
POWER OBJECTIVE #1
SUPPORTING INDICATORS
3.H
3.H.1 Organize local historical events in chronological order on timelines by years,
decades, and centuries.
3.H.2 Use primary sources such as artifacts, maps, and photographs can be used to
show change over time.
3.H.3 Identify how communities change over time.
3.E.14 Construct line graphs showing change over time using data.
3.GEO
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Geography
TOPIC
POWER OBJECTIVE #2
 Spatial Thinking and Skills
Recognize that physical and political maps have distinctive characteristics
and purposes. (3.GEO.4)
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SUPPORTING INDICATORS
3.GEO.4.a
Identify the purpose and describe characteristics of a physical map.
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3.GEO.4.b
Identify the purpose and describe characteristics of a political map.
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3.GEO.4.c Locate places on a map using title, key, alphanumeric grid and cardinal
directions.
3.GEO.4MC Locate a point on a map using absolute location (alphanumeric grid).
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Locate a point on a map using relative location (cardinal directions).
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directions.
Create a map that includes a title, key, alphanumeric grid and cardinal
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TOPIC
POWER OBJECTIVE #3
 Places and Regions
Evaluate the influence of agriculture, industry, and natural resources on
daily life in different communities. (3.GEO.5)
SUPPORTING INDICATOR
3.H.2 Examine artifacts and photographs from the past and present and places far and
near to make inferences.
TOPIC
POWER OBJECTIVE #4
 Human Systems
Demonstrate an understanding that events (human and physical) are the
driving force behind the growth, distribution and movement of people.
(3.GEO)
SUPPORTING INDICATORS
3.GEO.6 Identify evidence of human modifications of the environment and how they can
be observed in the local community.
3.GEO.7 Investigate and describe different systems of transportation, communication
and describe how they move people, products and ideas from place to place.
3.GEO.7MC Compare the speed of travel and efficiency then and now.
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3.GEO.8
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Explore cultural practices and products of various diverse groups of people that
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may be living in the local community.
3.GEO.8MC Understand that cultures have commonalities and honor the diversity of
people.
STRAND
Government
3.GOV
TOPIC
POWER OBJECTIVE #5
 Civic Participation and Skills
Explain ways individuals can make a community a better place by solving
problems that promotes the common good and upholds their social and
political responsibilities. (3.GOV.9-10)
SUPPORTING INDICATORS
3.GOV.9MC Identify social and political responsibilities, such as respecting rights of
others, paying taxes, voting and obeying laws.
3.GOV.10MC Identify examples of common good (working to preserve the environment,
help homeless, support education, plan community events).
3.GOV.10MC Identify ways individuals can participate in a community and exhibit
citizenship traits (civility, volunteering, compassion).
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TOPIC
POWER OBJECTIVE #6
 Rules and Laws
Understand and explain how rules and laws protect the rights of
individuals in the local community. (3.GOV.11)
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3.GOV.11MC
3.GOV.11MC
Define what a law is.
Describe how rules/ laws apply to both individuals and groups.
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Understand there are consequences when rules/laws are not obeyed.
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3.GOV.11MC Explain why communities have a local government (e.g., promote order
and security, provide public services, protect rights of individuals).
TOPIC
POWER OBJECTIVE #7
 Roles and Systems of Government
Compare the differing structures of local government from one
community to another. (3.GOV.13)
SUPPORTING INDICATORS
3.GOV.13MC Identify four types of local government: municipal, county, township and
special.
3.GOV.12 Explain how governments have authority to make and enforce laws.
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STRAND
Economics
TOPIC
 Economic Decision Making and Skills
 Scarcity
 Production and Consumption
 Markets
 Financial Literacy
Explain the economic decisions consumers and producers make for a
variety of reasons which are impacted by choices and behaviors both in
and out of their control. (3.E)
POWER OBJECTIVE #8
SUPPORTING INDICATORS
3.E
3.E.14 Construct line graphs showing change over time using data.
3.E.15 Identify positive and negative incentives and how they would affect people’s
choices and behaviors.
3.E.16 Identify scarcity as a shortage of resources.
3.E.16 Make a decision that uses opportunity cost.
3.E.17 Identify a consumer as a person’s wants and needs that are satisfied by using
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goods and services.
3.E.17 Identify a producer as a person (or business) that makes goods or provides
services.
3.E.18 Identify a market as a place where buyers and sellers exchange goods and
services.
3.E.19 Make decisions by weighing costs and benefits.
3.E.20
Describe a financially responsible individual.
3.E.20 Create a budget and then explain how using a budget helps individuals make
responsible decisions.
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