Mississippi
Skills available for Mississippi third-grade social studies standards
Standards are in black and IXL social studies skills are in dark green. Hold your mouse over the name of a skill to view a sample question. Click on the name of a skill to practice that skill.
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- Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards (adopted in 2022) Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards (adopted in 2022)
- Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: Citizenship in Local Government Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: Citizenship in Local Government
Actions
Civics
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3.CI.1 Examine the influence of democratic values on the lives of citizens.
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3.CI.1.1 Define democracy.
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3.CI.1.2 Recognize fundamental democratic values.
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3.CI.1.3 Discuss the evidence of democratic values at home, school, and local organizations.
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3.CI.2 Demonstrate knowledge of the three branches of government at the federal, state, and local levels.
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3.CI.2.1 Identify the three branches of government and the purpose of each branch.
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3.CI.2.2 Discuss the roles of leaders in each branch of government at the federal, state, and local levels, including both municipal and county governments.
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3.CI.2.3 Recognize locations where government is practiced at the national, state, and local levels.
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3.CI.2.4 Compare and contrast services provided to communities and citizens by the federal, state, and local governments (e.g., security, people with disabilities, human services, etc.).
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3.CI.3 Examine the requirements of civic leadership.
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3.CI.3.1 Identify the qualifications for candidacy at the federal, state, and local levels.
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3.CI.3.2 Analyze the common character traits and civic virtues of national, state, and local leaders.
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3.CI.3.3 Contrast the responsibilities of elected leaders and citizens in maintaining peaceful and orderly communities.
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Economics
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3.E.1 Investigate how local governments obtain and use money to benefit their communities.
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3.E.1.1 Define tax.
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3.E.1.2 Discuss the types and purpose of taxes paid by citizens to the government (e.g., sales tax, property tax, income tax, etc.).
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3.E.1.3 Identify goods and services provided by a local government to its community.
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3.E.1.4 Examine how a local community benefits from the goods and services provided by the local government.
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3.E.2 Evaluate how individuals and communities use resources and trade to meet needs.
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3.E.2.1 Define trade, import, and export.
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3.E.2.2 Contrast imports and exports.
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3.E.2.3 Identify local resources and products exported from the local community and state.
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3.E.2.4 Trace the origin of products for sale in the local community.
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3.E.2.5 Compare and contrast producing and buying goods to meet needs.
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3.E.3 Analyze the factors of population distribution.
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3.E.3.1 Define economic development.
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3.E.3.2 Examine the relationship between economic development, employment opportunities, and where people choose to live.
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3.E.3.3 Evaluate the impact of an individual's knowledge and skills on their opportunities for employment and income.
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3.E.3.4 Explain how the availability of resources influences where people live.
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Civil Rights
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3.CR.1 Examine the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights to recognize the principles of democracy and identify civil liberties.
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3.CR.1.1 Identify principles of democracy within the Declaration of Independence.
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3.CR.1.2 Define and identify civil liberties within the First Amendment.
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3.CR.1.3 Compare and contrast principles of democracy and civil liberties.
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3.CR.1.4 Explain how individuals exercise principles of democracy and civil liberties in daily life.
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3.CR.2 Assess the reliance of democracy on citizen participation.
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3.CR.2.1 Define voting, suffrage, and franchise.
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3.CR.2.2 Explain the voting process.
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3.CR.2.3 Illustrate the expansion of voting rights in America.
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3.CR.2.4 Identify how citizens participate in democracy apart from exercising the right to vote.
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Geography
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3.G.1 Analyze how humans have altered the Earth to meet their needs.
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3.G.1.1 Define residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural.
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3.G.1.2 Describe the residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural areas of the local community and state.
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3.G.1.3 Explain how humans have altered the physical environment for shelter, work, and recreation.
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3.G.1.4 Discuss how human modifications have affected the environment.
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3.G.2 Investigate natural disasters' effect on the Earth.
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3.G.2.1 Define natural disaster.
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3.G.2.2 Identify characteristics of a natural disaster.
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3.G.2.3 Explain how local, state, and national governments cooperate to manage natural disasters.
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3.G.2.4 Evaluate settlement patterns after a natural disaster.
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3.G.3 Assess energy sources of the Earth.
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3.G.3.1 Define renewable and nonrenewable resources.
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3.G.3.2 Identify sources of energy (e.g., oil, petroleum, nuclear power, solar power, etc.).
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3.G.3.3 Categorize energy sources as renewable and nonrenewable.
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3.G.3.4 Examine the impact that human use of resources has on the Earth.
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3.G.4 Interpret and recognize maps, graphs, and other representations of the Earth.
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3.G.4.1 Analyze patterns of population distributions.
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History
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3.H.1 Analyze the different types of government throughout history, such as dictatorship, monarchy, aristocracy, representative democracy, and direct democracy.
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3.H.1.1 Define dictatorship, monarchy, aristocracy, representative democracy, and direct democracy.
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3.H.1.2 Cite an example of each type of government from history.
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3.H.1.3 Compare and contrast the different types of government related to source of authority, how leaders are chosen, limits on power, and the role of citizens.
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3.H.2 Examine the framework of the United States government.
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3.H.2.1 Discuss why the United States was established as a representative democracy.
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3.H.2.2 Evaluate the importance of checks and balances to a representative democracy.
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