Note: Weblinks appear only once although they may address more than one benchmark.
3rd Grade Social Studies Benchmark Targets by Strand
By year's end, all students will:
| Strand | # | Benchmark Target |
Link to TEKS | Curriculum Connection |
| History | 1. | Create and interpret timelines and describe historical times in terms of years, decades, and centuries. | 3.3 |
People, Places and Communities |
| America's Story from America's Library
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| Geography | 2. | Apply cardinal and intermediate directions, scale compass rose, grid, and symbols to locate places and interpret maps and globes. | 3.5 | |
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Outline Maps of the United States and World Name the State Game demo toon university |
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| 3. | Relate how people in different communities adapt to or modify variations in the physical environment. | |||
| Economics |
4. | Name ways of earning, spending, and saving money. | 3.6 | Economics (Junior Achievement) |
| 5. | Give examples of scarcity and its impact on goods and services within and among communities. | 3.7 | Economics (Junior Achievement) |
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| 6. | Recognize how supply and demand affects price and how cost of production and selling price affects profits. | 3.8 | Economics (Junior Achievement) |
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| Government |
7. | Identify reasons communities were formed and tell how individuals, events, and ideas have transformed communities over time. | 3.1 |
Local Government/ Economics/ People, Places , and Communities |
| Design a coin for Texas | ||||
| 8. | Examine ways people in the communities meet their needs, in the past and present. | 3.2 | Local Government/ Community Needs | |
Community Scrambler Scrambled words around the community |
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| 9. | Outline the basic structure of local government, identify local government officials, and explain how they are chosen. | 3.9 | Local Government | |
| Texas Senate Kids | ||||
| 10 | Identify services commonly provided by local governments and explain how they are financed. i.e., Fire Department. | 3.9 | Local Government | |
| Citizenship | 11. | Identify characteristics of good citizenship and identify people who exemplify good citizenship. | 3.10 | People, Places , and Communities/STAR |
| 12. | Define the importance of civic participation and identify examples of actions people can take to improve the community. | 3.10 | People, Places , and Communities/STAR | |
| 13. | Give examples of organizations that serve the common good, i.e., Red Cross | 3.11 | People, Places, and Communities |
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| Culture |
14. | Explain the significance of ethnic and/or cultural celebrations in the state, nation, and world. | 3.12 | |
| 15. | Retell the heroic deeds of real and fictional heroes who have helped to shape the culture of communities. | 3.13 | Citizenship/Culture Tall Tales, Biographies & Mythology |
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| 16. | Identify selected writers and artists whose works exemplify the cultural heritage of communities around the world. | 3.14 | Citizenship/Culture Caldecott & Newberry books, and Bluebonnet Authors |
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| Science and Technology | 17. | Identify scientists and inventors who have created new technology. | 3.15 |
Machines |
| Inventors' Hall of Fame | ||||
| 18. | Explain the impact of new technology on communities around the world. | 3.15 | Machines | |
| Social Studies | 19. | Apply critical-thinking skills, communicate effectively, and use problem-solving and decision-making process. | 3.16, 17, 18 | STAR, Scientific Processes Across Curriculum |
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| themes | monthly themes | |||
| TEKS SEARCH | Marco Polo Search by TEXAS TEKS Alignment | |||
| Be a SpyKid! | GeoSpy A GREAT game to locate states, continents within a time limit! | |||
| videos | www.digitalcurriculum.com visit with your librarian or stcp if you don't already have an account | |||
| search engines | Kids' Click sites selected by librarians | |||
| District Library | Humble District Library Pages | |||
| Internet library | Internet Public Library Great sources! | |||
| Quotations | Wordlist of Quotations awesome! | |||
| Stockmarket Game and Quicken.Com | ||||
*"Including" references non-negotiable components; "such as" references examples.