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Grade 3 Social Studies

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If appropriate for this subject, shaded areas and brackets around standard numbers indicate benchmarks.
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Strand: Civics

Topic: Citizenship Standard: Recognizes rights, duties and responsibilities of a U.S. citizen - military service - voting, and - community service.

Topic: Citizenship Standard: Recognizes taxes as a way communities collect the money necessary to provide services.

Topic: Citizenship Standard: Distinguishes the difference between rights and privileges.

Topic: Citizenship Standard: Explains that rules and laws protect the rights of people.

Topic: Citizenship Standard: Explains the difference among making laws, carrying out laws, and determining if laws have been violated. Identifies the governmental bodies that perform these functions at the local, state, and national levels.

Topic: Citizenship Standard: Describes how violations of the law produce consequences.

Topic: Citizenship Standard: Distinguishes among city, county, and state governments.

Topic: Citizenship Standard: Identifies the duties of local officials (e.g., mayor, county commissioners).

Topic: Citizenship Standard: Identifies the current governor of Georgia as the leader of the state.

Topic: Citizenship Standard: Identifies common symbols of Georgia including the state flag, flower, bird, and tree.

Strand: Economics

Topic: Interdependence Standard: Explains how opportunity cost, scarcity, and price influence economic decision-making.

Strand: Geography

Topic: Map and Globe Skills Standard: Determines the purpose of a map by examining title and content.

Topic: Human, Environment Interaction Standard: Recognizes how human actions and physical environments affect one another.

Topic: Geography Standard: Determines the type of map needed for a specific purpose.

Topic: Map and Globe Skills Standard: Explains the purpose of a map scale; and calculates distance between points using map scale.

Topic: Physical Characteristics of Place Standard: Describes physical characteristics of land forms and bodies of water including mountains, peninsulas, islands, plains, plateaus, valleys, gulfs, rivers, bays and lakes.

Topic: Physical Characteristics of Place Standard: Identifies and describes the features of a river (e.g., source, mouth, delta, bank).

Topic: Location Standard: Names the Earth's seven continents, four hemispheres, and four oceans.

Topic: Regions Standard: Identifies physical regions of Georgia (e.g., coastal plain, piedmont, mountain).

Strand: History

Topic: Communities Standard: Describes and classifies the physical and human characteristics of urban, rural, and suburban communities.

Topic: Communities Standard: Compares the impact of climate, landforms, human and natural resources, transportation and communication on the location, growth and development of - mountain community - desert community, and - coastal community.

Topic: Culture Standard: Examines the cultures of the American Indian nations found in Georgia including the Creeks and Cherokees and describes the interactions with the settlers.

Topic: Communities Standard: Describes the local community in regard to origin, growth and change over time -location/geography (natural resources) -history of local community -goods and services produced -types of jobs -government (organization and purpose) -provision and funding of public services, and -impact of technology/tools.

Strand: Core Social Study Skills

Topic: Information Processing Standard: Gathers information through reading, listening, observing and surveying.

Topic: Information Processing Standard: Uses various print and non-print reference sources to locate information.

Topic: Information Processing Standard: Gathers information using title, table of contents, index, glossary, and appendix

Topic: Information Processing Standard: Develops a class or small group list of questions and seeks answers from a school or home population; conducts interviews.

Topic: Information Processing Standard: Arranges events, facts and ideas in sequence.

Topic: Information Processing Standard: Uses information presented in a wide variety of graphic aids.

Topic: Information Processing Standard: Illustrates data in a variety of graphic forms such as bar graph, circle graph, pictograph, line graph and timeline.

Topic: Information Processing Standard: Selects and discusses the main idea from a reading passage or listening activity.

Topic: Information Processing Standard: Distinguishes between fact/opinion and fiction/non-fiction.

Topic: Information Processing Standard: Determines whether or not information is pertinent to a topic.

Topic: Information Processing Standard: Makes predictions and comparisons based on factual information.

Topic: Problem Solving Standard: Recognizes and states a problem related to topics under study.

Topic: Problem Solving Standard: Chooses the appropriate resources from which to gather data.

Topic: Problem Solving Standard: Formulates hypotheses based on evidence.

Topic: Problem Solving Standard: Proposes alternatives possibilities for solutions.

Topic: Problem Solving Standard: Identifies consequences of alternative.

Topic: Problem Solving Standard: Chooses a reasonable solution to a problem.

Topic: Civic Participation Standard: Assumes leadership role in accomplishing tasks.

Topic: Civic Participation Standard: Shows respect toward others.

Topic: Civic Participation Standard: Observes set rules of procedures.

Topic: Civic Participation Standard: Identifies and uses alternative methods of conflict resolution.

Topic: Civic Participation Standard: Participates in planning for effective civic actions; demonstrates appropriate civic actions.

Topic: Time and Chronology Standard: Relates cause and effect relationship among events and dates.

Topic: Time and Chronology Standard: Relates the past to the present in the study of change and continuity in human affairs.

Topic: Time and Chronology Standard: Make use of the time system and the calendar.

Topic: Time and Chronology Standard: Arranges in chronological order, a series of experiences; e.g., Personal timeline, family timeline

Topic: Map and Globes Standard: Uses a key to interpret information on a map.

Topic: Map and Globes Standard: Determines the purpose of a map by examining the title and content.

Topic: Map and Globes Standard: Determines the type of a map needed for a specific purpose.

Topic: Map and Globes Standard: Uses cardinal and intermediate directions on a map or globe, such as N and S, NE and SE.

Topic: Map and Globes Standard: Uses a map key to determine specific locations.

Topic: Map and Globes Standard: Locates exact place by use of a letter number grid.

Topic: Map and Globes Standard: Uses map keys to interpret symbols and read a map.

Topic: Map and Globes Standard: Uses length of familiar units of measure to determine distance on maps.

Topic: Map and Globes Standard: Explains that a map scale compares a map distance with a real distance on the earth.

Topic: Map and Globes Standard: Uses map keys to differentiate between natural and cultural features on the earth's surface.

Topic: Map and Globes Standard: Uses map keys to measure distance between two places.

Topic: Map and Globes Standard: Uses inset maps.

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