1stMarking Period Social Studies Standards Third Grade

1. Develop abilities in social studies.

  1. Higher thinking (analyze, evaluate, classify, predict, decide, estimate, generalize, solve, compare, simplify).
  2. Communications (present, persuade, collaborate, explain, recommend, narrate) using appropriate vocabulary.
  3. Goal setting/attainment (brainstorm, envision, research, plan, organize, persist).
  4. The quality process (plan, draft, analyze, revise) when producing products to include open response.

2. Be able to apply social studies knowledge and skills to a variety of purposes.

  1. Be able to conduct and present research (locate/observe/gather information, analyze a situation, draw a conclusion, predict an outcome, support a position, create a model and explain a process).
  2. Be able to relate social studies to your life:

- view life from other perspectives and others' point of view

- differentiate among fact, fiction, and opinion in relating historical events

- understand key forces (inventions, discoveries, people, events, moments) which have

shaped our world

- explain the causes and effects key forces have on you, the present, the future

- use the past and present (other cultures and other places) to solve problems and

make decisions

- relate current events to your life (know sources related to current events, be able to

- talk about current events)

  1. Possess technical skills:

- read/write/present: instructions, chart, thank you letter, letter of request, letter of

response, proposal, research report, summary, persuasive pieces (editorials, articles,

speeches, letters)

- technology: word processing, Internet

CULTURE

3. Know and understand that culture influences viewpoints, social rules, and social institutions in

your community and state (KY).

  1. Describe cultural elements (e.g. beliefs, traditions, languages, skills, literature, the arts).

(SS-EP-2.1.1 DOK 1) [SS-P-CS-S-1]

  1. Identify social institutions (government, economy, education, religion, family) in the community.

(SS-EP-2.2.1) [SS-P-CS-S-2]

  1. Describe various forms of interactions (compromise, cooperation, conflict, competition) that occur between individuals/groups in the community/state. (SS-EP-2.3.1 DOK 2) [SS-P-CS-S-3, SS-P-CS-S-4]

GEOGRAPHY

5. Understand the relationship between community, state, and U.S. (people, places, and

environments).

  1. Use a variety of geographic tools (e.g. maps, globes, mental maps, charts, graphs) to locate familiar places at home, at school and in the community. (SS-EP-4.1.1) [SS-P-G-S-1]
  2. Use geographic tools to identify major landforms (e.g. continents, mountain ranges), bodies of water (e.g. oceans, major rivers) and natural resources on Earth’s surface and use relative location.

(SS-EP-4.1.2) [SS-P-G-S-1, SS-P-G-S-2]

  1. Describe how different factors (e.g. rivers, mountains) influence where human activities are located in the community. (SS-EP-4.1.3) [SS-P-G-S-2]

1stMarking Period Social Studies Standards Third Grade

  1. Describe places on Earth’s surface by their physical characteristics (e.g. climate, landforms, soils, vegetation, bodies of water). (SS-EP-4.2.1) [SS-P-G-S-2]
  2. Describe patterns of human settlement in places and regions on Earth’s surface.

(SS-EP-4.3.1) [SS-P-G-S-2]

  1. Describe how technology helps us move, settle and interact in the modern world.

(SS-EP-4.3.2) [SS-P-G-S-4]

  1. Describe ways people modify the physical environment to meet their basic needs (food, shelter, clothing). (SS-EP-4.4.1 DOK 1) [SS-P-G-S-3]
  2. Describe how the physical environment can both promote and restrict human activities.

(SS-EP-4.4.2) [SS-P-G-S-3]

(Geography will be taught in the first and second marking periods and assessed in the first and second marking periods.)

May 2010