Grade 3 Social Studies Iowa standards Standards

Iowa History

Justify Causation and Argumentation

Compare Perspectives

Analyze Human Population Movements and Patterns

Evaluate Human Environment Interaction

Create Geographic Representations

Evaluate Savings and Long-Term Investments

Create a Saving and Spending Plan

Develop Financial and Career Goals

Critique Exchange and Markets

Interpret Processes, Rules and Laws

Examine Factors that Led to Continuity and Change on Human Development and Behavior

Taking Informed Action

Communicating and Critiquing Conclusions

Developing Claims and Using Evidence

Gathering and Evaluating Sources

Constructing Questions

Immigration and Migration

Identify supporting questions for a compelling question with a familiar inquiry.

Identify consequences of following or breaking rules/laws.

Identify how people use natural resources and human resources to produce goods and services

Identify the role of a financial institution in an economy. (i.e. banks, businesses).

Identify one way a person can improve their income.

Identify the difference between paying now and paying later.

Identify a benefit of saving money.

Use a geographic representation to display the characteristics of a place.

Identify reasons that influence how people choose where to live.

Use a geographic model to identify how the environment affects where people decide to live.

Identify two conflicting perspectives on one historical event or issue.

Identify probable causes and effects of one historical event or development.

Identify how groups of people that live in Iowa impacted the state.

Determine if a source is fact or opinion.

Identify evidence related to a compelling question.

Answer a compelling question with an example.

Identify a civic problem within their classroom or community, and work with other partner(s) to create a possible solution

Compare the treatment of a demographic group in the past and present.

Economics/Financial Literacy: Credit and Risk Management

Economics/Financial Literacy: Saving, Spending and Investing

Economics/Financial Literacy: Financial and Career Goals

Budgeting (Financial Literacy)

History: Historical Interpretation and Argumentation

Civics/Government: Processes, Rules, and Laws

Economics/Financial Literacy: Production and Consumption

Geography: Human-Environment Interaction

The Thirteen Colonies

Economics/Financial Literacy: Economic Decision Making

Civics/Government: Roles and Systems of Government

History: Chronological Reasoning and Causation

Geography: Human Movement and Patterns

Early Colonial America

Economics/Financial Literacy: Economic Systems

Civics/Government: Role and Systems of Government

Geography: Places and Regions

History: Change, Continuity, and Context

Native Americans

Civic Engagement and Participation

Communicate Conclusions

Claims and Evidence

Gather, Interpret, and Evaluate Sources

Develop Questions and Plan Inquires

Inquiry Standards

Generate questions about a topic and plan how to learn more, using sources.

Examine ways geography influences communities and settlements.

Describe the interactions between Native Americans and Europeans.

Explain the purpose of the Mayflower Compact and the principle of self-government.

Describe the routes during the early explorations of the Americas.

Analyze the regional differences of the geographic features of the Thirteen Colonies.

Identify how people in the Thirteen Colonies used natural resources, human resources, and physical capital to produce goods and services.

Evaluate the reasons for the establishment of the Thirteen Colonies.

Analyze the impact of slavery and how it shaped early American history.

Identify personal financial goals and explore how different careers help people earn income.

Identify why and how people save and invest money to meet personal goals and prepare for the future.

Gather information from different sources and explain what they show about a topic.

Describe what credit is and how it is used.

Share facts and opinions about a topic and support them with evidence from sources.

Construct responses to questions using reasoning, examples, and relevant details.

Describe ways people engage in their community to make change or keep things the same.

Compare and contrast the different cultures of Native Americans, including prior to contact with Europeans.

Explain how the unique characteristics of a place affect Native American groups.

Examine different structures of Native American government.

Analyze why and how Native American groups use natural resources.