Iowa

Inquiry Standards

• Inquiry Practice: Develop Questions and Plan Inquiries

  • SS.3.1 Generate questions about a topic and plan how to learn more, using sources.

• Inquiry Practice: Gather, Interpret, and Evaluate Sources

  • SS.3.2 Gather information from different sources and explain what they show about a topic.

• Inquiry Practice: Claims and Evidence

  • SS.3.3 Share facts and opinions about a topic and support them with evidence from sources.

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

• Inquiry Practice: Communicate Conclusions

  • SS.3.4 Construct responses to questions using reasoning, examples, and relevant details.

• Inquiry Practice: Civic Engagement and Participation

  • SS.3.5 Describe ways people engage in their community to make change or keep things the same.

Native Americans

• History: Change, Continuity, and Context

  • SS.3.6 Compare and contrast the different cultures of Native Americans, including prior to contact with Europeans.

• Geography: Places and Regions

  • SS.3.7 Explain how the unique characteristics of a place affect Native American groups.

• Civics/Government: Role and Systems of Government

  • SS.3.8 Examine different structures of Native American government.

• Economics/Financial Literacy: Economic Systems

  • SS.3.9 Analyze why and how Native American groups use natural resources.

    • Natural resources (3-H.3)

Early Colonial America

• Geography: Human Movement and Patterns

  • SS.3.10 Examine ways geography influences communities and settlements.

• History: Chronological Reasoning and Causation

  • SS.3.11 Describe the interactions between Native Americans and Europeans.

    • Jamestown: the early years (4-A.1)
    • New England colonies: economy and conflict (4-B.2)

• Civics/Government: Roles and Systems of Government

  • SS.3.12 Explain the purpose of the Mayflower Compact and the principle of self-government.

• Economics/Financial Literacy: Economic Decision Making

  • SS.3.13 Describe the routes during the early explorations of the Americas.

The Thirteen Colonies

• Geography: Human-Environment Interaction

  • SS.3.14 Analyze the regional differences of the geographic features of the Thirteen Colonies.

• Economics/Financial Literacy: Production and Consumption

  • SS.3.15 Identify how people in the Thirteen Colonies used natural resources, human resources, and physical capital to produce goods and services.

    • New England colonies: economy and conflict (4-B.2)
    • Middle colonies: economy and society (4-B.4)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (4-B.6)

• Civics/Government: Processes, Rules, and Laws

  • SS.3.16 Evaluate the reasons for the establishment of the Thirteen Colonies.

    • New England colonies: religion and government (4-B.1)
    • Middle colonies: founding and government (4-B.3)
    • Southern colonies: founding and government (4-B.5)

• History: Historical Interpretation and Argumentation

  • SS.3.17 Analyze the impact of slavery and how it shaped early American history.

    • Middle colonies: economy and society (4-B.4)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (4-B.6)

Budgeting (Financial Literacy)

• Economics/Financial Literacy: Financial and Career Goals

  • SS.3.18 Identify personal financial goals and explore how different careers help people earn income.

• Economics/Financial Literacy: Saving, Spending, and Investing

  • SS.3.19 Identify why and how people save and invest money to meet personal goals and prepare for the future.

• Economics/Financial Literacy: Credit and Risk Management

  • SS.3.20 Describe what credit is and how it is used.