Florida

SS.3.A American History

• SS.3.A.1 Historical Inquiry and Analysis

  • SS.3.A.1.1 Analyze primary and secondary sources.

    • John Deere (3-D.5)
    • Harriet Tubman (3-D.9)
    • Sitting Bull (3-D.10)
    • Theodore Roosevelt (3-D.12)
    • Amelia Earhart (3-D.14)
    • Rosa Parks (3-D.16)

  • SS.3.A.1.2 Utilize technology resources to gather information from primary and secondary sources.

  • SS.3.A.1.3 Define terms related to the social sciences.

    • Identify facts and opinions (3-J.1)

SS.3.CG Civics and Government (2021)

• SS.3.CG.1 Foundations of Government, Law and the American Political System

  • SS.3.CG.1.1 Explain how the U.S. Constitution establishes the purpose and fulfills the need for government.

    • Purpose of government (3-E.1)
    • The Constitution (3-E.5)

  • SS.3.CG.1.2 Describe how the U.S. government gains its power from the people.

    • Presidential elections (3-E.8)

• SS.3.CG.2 Civic and Political Participation

  • SS.3.CG.2.1 Describe how citizens demonstrate civility, cooperation, volunteerism and other civic virtues.

  • SS.3.CG.2.2 Describe the importance of voting in elections.

    • Presidential elections (3-E.8)

  • SS.3.CG.2.3 Explain the history and meaning behind patriotic holidays and observances.

    • Mount Rushmore (3-F.11)

  • SS.3.CG.2.4 Recognize symbols, individuals, documents and events that represent the United States.

    • Benjamin Franklin (3-D.1)
    • Paul Revere (3-D.2)
    • Thomas Jefferson (3-D.3)
    • Davy Crockett (3-D.4)
    • 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)
    • Theodore Roosevelt (3-D.12)
    • 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)
    • Neil Armstrong (3-D.20)
    • Bill Gates (3-D.21)
    • The Constitution (3-E.5)
    • The Bill of Rights (3-E.6)
    • Identify American symbols (3-F.1)
    • Identify American landmarks and monuments: part I (3-F.2)
    • Identify American landmarks and monuments: part II (3-F.3)
    • The American flag (3-F.4)
    • The White House (3-F.5)
    • The Washington Monument (3-F.6)
    • The Lincoln Memorial (3-F.7)
    • The Statue of Liberty (3-F.8)
    • The Empire State Building (3-F.9)
    • The Golden Gate Bridge (3-F.10)
    • Mount Rushmore (3-F.11)

  • SS.3.CG.2.5 Recognize symbols, individuals, documents and events that represent the State of Florida.

• SS.3.CG.3 Structure and Functions of Government

  • SS.3.CG.3.1 Explain how the U.S. and Florida Constitutions establish the structure, function, powers and limits of government.

    • Purpose of government (3-E.1)
    • Local government (3-E.2)
    • State government (3-E.3)
    • Federal government (3-E.4)
    • The Constitution (3-E.5)
    • The Bill of Rights (3-E.6)
    • Checks and balances (3-E.7)

  • SS.3.CG.3.2 Recognize that government has local, state and national levels.

SS.3.C Civics and Government (2008)

• SS.3.C.1 Foundations of Government, Law, and the American Political System

  • SS.3.C.1.1 Explain the purpose and need for government.

    • Purpose of government (3-E.1)

  • SS.3.C.1.2 Describe how government gains its power from the people.

    • Purpose of government (3-E.1)
    • The Constitution (3-E.5)
    • Presidential elections (3-E.8)

  • SS.3.C.1.3 Explain how government was established through a written Constitution.

    • The Constitution (3-E.5)

• SS.3.C.2 Civic and Political Participation

  • SS.3.C.2.1 Identify group and individual actions of citizens that demonstrate civility, cooperation, volunteerism, and other civic virtues.

    • Presidential elections (3-E.8)

• SS.3.C.3 Structure and Functions of Government

  • SS.3.C.3.1 Identify the levels of government (local, state, federal).

    • Local government (3-E.2)
    • State government (3-E.3)
    • Federal government (3-E.4)

  • SS.3.C.3.2 Describe how government is organized at the local level.

    • Local government (3-E.2)

  • SS.3.C.3.3 Recognize that every state has a state constitution.

  • SS.3.C.3.4 Recognize that the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land.

    • The Constitution (3-E.5)

SS.3.E Economics

• SS.3.E.1 Beginning Economics

  • SS.3.E.1.1 Give examples of how scarcity results in trade.

  • SS.3.E.1.2 List the characteristics of money.

  • SS.3.E.1.3 Recognize that buyers and sellers interact to exchange goods and services through the use of trade or money.

    • What is economics? (3-H.1)
    • Goods and services (3-H.3)
    • Producers and consumers (3-H.4)
    • Understand quantity supplied and quantity demanded (3-I.1)
    • Understand overall supply and demand (3-I.2)
    • Create and use supply and demand curves (3-I.3)
    • Identify shortage and surplus (3-I.4)
    • Identify shortage and surplus with graphs (3-I.5)
    • Identify shortage and surplus with data (3-I.6)

  • SS.3.E.1.4 Distinguish between currencies used in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

SS.3.G Geography

• SS.3.G.1 The World in Spatial Terms

  • SS.3.G.1.1 Use thematic maps, tables, charts, graphs, and photos to analyze geographic information.

    • Read a letter-number grid (3-A.1)
    • Use a letter-number grid (3-A.2)
    • Read a map: cardinal directions (3-A.3)
    • Identify urban, suburban, and rural areas (3-A.10)
    • Compare urban, suburban, and rural areas (3-A.11)
    • Identify lines of latitude and longitude (4-F.2)

  • SS.3.G.1.2 Review basic map elements (coordinate grid, cardinal and intermediate directions, title, compass rose, scale, key/legend with symbols).

    • Read a letter-number grid (3-A.1)
    • Use a letter-number grid (3-A.2)
    • Read a map: cardinal directions (3-A.3)
    • Identify lines of latitude and longitude (4-F.2)

  • SS.3.G.1.3 Label the continents and oceans on a world map.

    • Identify oceans and continents (3-A.4)
    • Select oceans and continents (3-A.5)
    • Name oceans and continents (3-A.6)

  • SS.3.G.1.4 Name and identify the purpose of maps (physical, political, elevation, population).

  • SS.3.G.1.5 Compare maps and globes to develop an understanding of the concept of distortion.

  • SS.3.G.1.6 Use maps to identify different types of scale to measure distances between two places.

• SS.3.G.2 Places and Regions

  • SS.3.G.2.1 Label the countries and commonwealths in North America (Canada, United States, Mexico) and in the Caribbean (Puerto Rico, Cuba, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica).

  • SS.3.G.2.2 Identify the five regions of the United States.

    • Identify states of the West (3-B.1)
    • Identify states of the Midwest (3-B.4)
    • Identify states of the Southeast (3-B.7)
    • Identify states of the Northeast (3-B.10)
    • Identify the 50 states (3-B.13)

  • SS.3.G.2.3 Label the states in each of the five regions of the United States.

    • Name states of the West (3-B.3)
    • Name states of the Midwest (3-B.6)
    • Name states of the Southeast (3-B.9)
    • Name states of the Northeast (3-B.12)
    • Name the 50 states (3-B.15)

  • SS.3.G.2.4 Describe the physical features of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

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

  • SS.3.G.2.5 Identify natural and man-made landmarks in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

    • The White House (3-F.5)
    • The Washington Monument (3-F.6)
    • The Lincoln Memorial (3-F.7)
    • The Statue of Liberty (3-F.8)
    • The Empire State Building (3-F.9)
    • The Golden Gate Bridge (3-F.10)
    • Mount Rushmore (3-F.11)

  • SS.3.G.2.6 Investigate how people perceive places and regions differently by conducting interviews, mental mapping, and studying news, poems, legends, and songs about a region or area.

• SS.3.G.3 Physical Systems

  • SS.3.G.3.1 Describe the climate and vegetation in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

  • SS.3.G.3.2 Describe the natural resources in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

    • Natural resources (3-H.2)

• SS.3.G.4 Human Systems

  • SS.3.G.4.1 Explain how the environment influences settlement patterns in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

  • SS.3.G.4.2 Identify the cultures that have settled the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

  • SS.3.G.4.3 Compare the cultural characteristics of diverse populations in one of the five regions of the United States with Canada, Mexico, or the Caribbean.

    • Día de los Muertos (3-G.1)
    • Thanksgiving (3-G.2)
    • 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.G.4.4 Identify contributions from various ethnic groups to the United States.

    • Frederick Douglass (3-D.7)
    • Harriet Tubman (3-D.9)
    • George Washington Carver (3-D.13)
    • 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)
    • Thanksgiving (3-G.2)
    • Lunar New Year (3-G.8)