Colorado

SS.3.1 History

• SS.3.1.1 Compare primary and secondary sources when explaining the past.

  • SS.3.1.1.a Compare primary sources with works of fiction about the same topic.

  • SS.3.1.1.b Use a variety of primary sources such as artifacts, pictures, and documents, to help determine factual information about historical events.

    • Theodore Roosevelt (3-D.12)
    • Amelia Earhart (3-D.14)
    • Bill Gates (3-D.21)

  • SS.3.1.1.c Compare information from multiple sources recounting the same event.

• SS.3.1.2 People in the past influence the development and interaction of different communities or regions.

  • SS.3.1.2.a Compare past and present situations and events.

  • SS.3.1.2.b Give examples of people, events, and developments that brought important changes to a community or region.

    • Benjamin Franklin (3-D.1)
    • Thomas Jefferson (3-D.3)
    • John Deere (3-D.5)
    • Abraham Lincoln (3-D.6)
    • Frederick Douglass (3-D.7)
    • Susan B. Anthony (3-D.8)
    • Harriet Tubman (3-D.9)
    • Sitting Bull (3-D.10)
    • Thomas Edison (3-D.11)
    • George Washington Carver (3-D.13)
    • Amelia Earhart (3-D.14)
    • Thurgood Marshall (3-D.15)
    • Rosa Parks (3-D.16)
    • Jackie Robinson (3-D.17)
    • Cesar Chavez (3-D.18)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. (3-D.19)

  • SS.3.1.2.c Describe the history, interaction, and contribution of the various peoples and cultures that have lived in or migrated to a community or region and how that migration has influenced change and development.

    • Día de los Muertos (3-G.1)
    • Hanukkah (3-G.3)
    • Rosh Hashanah (3-G.4)
    • Kwanzaa (3-G.5)
    • Christmas (3-G.6)
    • Easter (3-G.7)
    • Lunar New Year (3-G.8)
    • Ramadan (3-G.9)
    • Holi (3-G.10)

SS.3.2 Geography

• SS.3.2.1 Use geographic tools to develop spatial thinking.

  • SS.3.2.1.a Read and interpret information from geographic tools and formulate geographic questions.

    • Read a letter-number grid (3-A.1)
    • Use a letter-number grid (3-A.2)
    • Read a map: cardinal directions (3-A.3)

  • SS.3.2.1.b Locate oceans and continents, major countries, bodies of water, mountains, urban areas, the state of Colorado, and neighboring states on maps.

    • Identify oceans and continents (3-A.4)
    • Select oceans and continents (3-A.5)
    • Name oceans and continents (3-A.6)
    • Major U.S. cities (3-A.9)
    • Identify states of the West (3-B.1)
    • Select states of the West (3-B.2)
    • Name states of the West (3-B.3)

  • SS.3.2.1.c Describe the natural and man-made features of a specific area on a map.

    • Introduction to Earth's land features (3-A.7)
    • Identify Earth's land features using photographs (3-A.8)

  • SS.3.2.1.d Identify geography-based problems and examine the ways that people have tried to solve them.

    • John Deere (3-D.5)

• SS.3.2.2 The concept of region is developed through an examination of similarities and differences in places and communities.

  • SS.3.2.2.a Observe and describe the physical, cultural, and human-made characteristics of a local region.

    • Identify urban, suburban, and rural areas (3-A.10)
    • Compare urban, suburban, and rural areas (3-A.11)

  • SS.3.2.2.b Identify the factors that make a region unique.

    • Introduction to Earth's land features (3-A.7)
    • Identify Earth's land features using photographs (3-A.8)

  • SS.3.2.2.c Give examples of places that are similar and different from a local region.

    • Identify urban, suburban, and rural areas (3-A.10)
    • Compare urban, suburban, and rural areas (3-A.11)

  • SS.3.2.2.d Characterize regions using different types of features such as physical, political, cultural, urban and rural attributes.

    • Identify urban, suburban, and rural areas (3-A.10)
    • Compare urban, suburban, and rural areas (3-A.11)

SS.3.3 Economics

• SS.3.3.1 Producers and consumers exchange goods and services in different ways.

  • SS.3.3.1.a Describe the difference between producers and consumers and explain how they need each other.

    • Producers and consumers (3-H.4)

  • SS.3.3.1.b Describe and give examples of forms of exchange.

  • SS.3.3.1.c Describe how the exchange of goods and services between businesses and consumers affects all parties.

    • What is economics? (3-H.1)
    • Goods and services (3-H.3)

  • SS.3.3.1.d Recognize that different currencies exist and explain the functions of money.

  • SS.3.3.1.e Cite evidence to show how trade benefits individuals, businesses, and communities and increases interdependency.

• SS.3.3.2 Create a plan to meet a financial goal (PFL).

  • SS.3.3.2.a Give examples of short-term spending and savings goals.

  • SS.3.3.2.b Identify jobs that children can do to earn money to reach personal financial goals.

  • SS.3.3.2.c Differentiate the role of income and expenses when creating a budget.

  • SS.3.3.2.d Create a plan with specific steps to reach a short-term financial goal.

    • Banks (4-O.1)

  • SS.3.3.2.e Model strategies to achieve a personal financial goal using arithmetic operations.

SS.3.4 Civics

• SS.3.4.1 Respect the views and rights of others.

  • SS.3.4.1.a Identify and apply the elements of civil discourse.

    • Benjamin Franklin (3-D.1)
    • Thomas Jefferson (3-D.3)
    • Frederick Douglass (3-D.7)
    • Susan B. Anthony (3-D.8)
    • Harriet Tubman (3-D.9)
    • Sitting Bull (3-D.10)
    • Rosa Parks (3-D.16)
    • Jackie Robinson (3-D.17)
    • Cesar Chavez (3-D.18)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. (3-D.19)

  • SS.3.4.1.b Identify important personal rights in a democratic society and how they relate to others' rights.

    • The Bill of Rights (3-E.6)

  • SS.3.4.1.c Give examples of the relationship between rights and responsibilities.

  • SS.3.4.1.d Restate the view or opinion of others with their reasoning when it is different from one's own.

• SS.3.4.2 The origins, structures, and functions of local government.

  • SS.3.4.2.a Identify the origins, structures, and functions of local government.

    • Local government (3-E.2)

  • SS.3.4.2.b Identify and explain the services local governments provide and how those services are funded.

    • Local government (3-E.2)

  • SS.3.4.2.c Identify and explain a variety of roles leaders, citizens, and others play in local government.

    • Local government (3-E.2)

  • SS.3.4.2.d Describe how local government provides opportunities for people to exercise their rights and initiate change.

    • Local government (3-E.2)