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Skills available for District of Columbia third-grade social studies standards

IXL's third-grade skills will be aligned to the K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023) soon! Until then, you can view a complete list of third-grade standards below.

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K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Building the Capital City K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Building the Capital City
K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Changing Geography of Washington, DC K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Changing Geography of Washington, DC
K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Shaping the Early History of Washington, DC K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Shaping the Early History of Washington, DC
K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): The Evolving History of Washington, DC K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): The Evolving History of Washington, DC
K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Today's Washington, DC K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Today's Washington, DC
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2 Shaping the Early History of Washington, DC

3.11 Evaluate the utility of different representations of Washington, DC and the Chesapeake region, and use them to answer specific questions about the past.
3.12 Create a personal history of Washington, DC using oral histories, written sources and artifacts collected from family or community members.
3.13 Identify ancestral lands of the Nacotchtank (or Anacostan), Piscataway and Pamunkey peoples on a map, and describe the political, social and cultural structures of each nation.
3.14 Identify the contemporary communities of Piscataway and Pamunkey peoples in the Washington, DC area, and explain their current connections and contributions to the Washington, DC region.
3.15 Evaluate the reasons for and impact of early European colonization of the Washington region, including the role of European colonization in the displacement of Indigenous Nations.
- Southern colonies: founding and government (4-B.5)
- Southern colonies: economy and slavery (4-B.6)
3.16 Evaluate the limits of European representations of the history of the Piscataway and Pamunkey peoples for understanding the past.

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2 Shaping the Early History of Washington, DC

3.11 Evaluate the utility of different representations of Washington, DC and the Chesapeake region, and use them to answer specific questions about the past.

3.12 Create a personal history of Washington, DC using oral histories, written sources and artifacts collected from family or community members.

3.13 Identify ancestral lands of the Nacotchtank (or Anacostan), Piscataway and Pamunkey peoples on a map, and describe the political, social and cultural structures of each nation.

3.14 Identify the contemporary communities of Piscataway and Pamunkey peoples in the Washington, DC area, and explain their current connections and contributions to the Washington, DC region.

3.15 Evaluate the reasons for and impact of early European colonization of the Washington region, including the role of European colonization in the displacement of Indigenous Nations.

3.16 Evaluate the limits of European representations of the history of the Piscataway and Pamunkey peoples for understanding the past.