Third grade social studies

IXL offers dozens of third grade social studies skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalized Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, state standards, or standardized test.

IXL offers dozens of third grade social studies skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalized Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, state standards, or standardized test.

A. Read maps

  1. 1
    Read a letter-number grid
  2. 2
    Use a letter-number grid
  3. 3
    Read a map: cardinal directions

C. Human geography

  1. 1
    Major U.S. cities
  2. 2
    Identify urban, suburban, and rural areas
  3. 3
    Compare urban, suburban, and rural areas

F. Government

  1. 1
    Purpose of government
  2. 2
    Local government
  3. 3
    State government
  4. 4
    Federal government
  5. 5
    The Constitution
  6. 6
    The Bill of Rights
  7. 7
    Checks and balances
  8. 8
    Presidential elections

H. Basic economic principles

  1. 1
    What is economics?
  2. 2
    Scarcity and choices
  3. 3
    Natural resources
  4. 4
    Goods and services
  5. 5
    Producers and consumers

J. Read about holidays

  1. 1
    Christmas
  2. 2
    Día de los Muertos
  3. 3
    Easter
  4. 4
    Holi
  5. 5
    Hanukkah
  6. 6
    Kwanzaa
  7. 7
    Lunar New Year
  8. 8
    Ramadan
  9. 9
    Rosh Hashanah
  10. 10
    Thanksgiving

L. Social studies skills

  1. 1
    Identify facts and opinions

M. Historical figures

  1. 1
    Paul Revere
  2. 2
    Thomas Jefferson
  3. 3
    Frederick Douglass
  4. 4
    Martin Luther King Jr.
  5. 5
    Bill Gates