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Grade 3
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3.1
Students reconstruct, interpret, and critique the causes and consequences of past events in the context of the institutions, values, and beliefs of the periods in which they took place.
3.2
Students investigate historical experiences of American Samoa, Oceania, the U.S., and the world to reveal patterns of continuity and change.
3.3
Students cite evidence that cultures are dynamic and change over time.
3.4
Students research and report on where people and places are located and why, utilizing multiple geographic representations and tools (maps, globes, geospatial technologies).
3.5
Students draw conclusions about changes in the relationship between people, places, and environments.
3.6
Students analyze how people create, learn, share, and adapt to culture.
3.7
Students synthesize the sociocultural interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions to investigate structures of power and their impacts on authority and governance.
3.8
Students apply concepts to explain how people organize for the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
3.1.1
Identify cause and effect relationships in stories and historical narratives
3.1.2
Investigate the history of communities over time using multiple grade-appropriate primary sources (e.g., maps, photos, oral histories, letters, and newspaper articles that provide first-hand accounts of events)
3.1.3
Analyze varying perspectives of an experience or event based on the differing viewpoints of the teller, listener, and/or the participants
3.2.1
Analyze how new forms of technology brought important changes to community life
3.2.2
Analyze the contributions of individuals and groups honored in patriotic holidays
3.2.3
Investigate key historical periods and patterns of change within and across cultures
3.3.1
Demonstrate that different cultures have unique values, beliefs, and practices
3.3.2
Make informed judgments about cultures based on evidence from cultural artifacts
3.4.1
Use geographical representations (e.g., maps, globes, graphs, charts, models) to organize and analyze geographical information
3.4.2
Identify past and present changes in physical systems, such as seasons, climate, weather, and the water cycle, in both local and global contexts
3.5.1
Analyze information to explain why physical and human characteristics have changed over time
3.5.2
Distinguish the differences between weather and climate in different communities and explain its affect on human activity
3.6.1
Explain how language, traditional lore, music, dance, artifacts, traditional practices, beliefs, values, and behaviors are elements of culture, and how they contribute to the preservation of culture
3.6.2
Investigate how cultural beliefs, behaviors, and values allow human groups to solve the problems of daily living, using primary sources
3.7.1
Identify the purpose of government
3.7.2
Investigate the purpose of rules and laws, and identify the differences between them
3.7.3
Describe roles and rights of citizenship, and demonstrate responsibilities of citizenship (e.g., obeying laws, voting, paying taxes)
3.8.1
Develop a logical argument to explain how economic choices require something be given up in a community (i.e., opportunity cost)
3.8.2
Identify examples of, and investigate what happens when, goods and resources are limited
3.8.3
Describe the benefits of using money to trade goods and services
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