Mississippi

CI.3 Civics

• CI.3.1 Explain how an individual exercises rights and responsibilities within community and local government.

  • CI.3.1.1 Identify core and civic virtues.

  • CI.3.1.2 Compare and contrast figures of authority and their positions pertaining to upholding civic responsibilities.

• CI.3.2 Demonstrate knowledge of community and local government.

  • CI.3.2.1 Identify the three branches of government at local level.

  • CI.3.2.2 Demonstrate how and why the local government creates and enforces laws.

    • Purpose of government (3-E.1)
    • Local government (3-E.2)

  • CI.3.2.3 Analyze why laws are important to a community.

    • Purpose of government (3-E.1)

  • CI.3.2.4 Categorize services provided by the local community and government.

    • Local government (3-E.2)

• CI.3.3 Compare and contrast how all people, not just official leaders, play important roles in local government and portrays good citizenship.

  • CI.3.3.1 Categorize the way Americans feel about their rights and responsibilities e.g., individual rights and freedoms, the common good, and respecting the law.

    • The Bill of Rights (3-E.6)

  • CI.3.3.2 Argue the characteristics of a responsible citizen.

E.3 Economics

• E.3.1 Analyze the role of money within a community and local government.

  • E.3.1.1 Define tax and the purpose of paying taxes.

  • E.3.1.2 Identify taxable goods and services within the local community.

  • E.3.1.3 Interpret job sources and availability.

• E.3.2 Evaluate the role of trade within a community and local government.

  • E.3.2.1 Define trade.

  • E.3.2.2 Distinguish between import and export.

  • E.3.2.3 Identify local products and resources involved in trade with the local community.

    • Natural resources (3-H.2)

  • E.3.2.4 Investigate the origin of local products for sale in the local community.

• E.3.3 Explain how people earn income.

  • E.3.3.1 Describe the skills and knowledge required to produce certain goods and services.

    • Goods and services (3-H.3)
    • Producers and consumers (3-H.4)

  • E.3.3.2 Evaluate the impact of skills and knowledge on an individual's income.

  • E.3.3.3 Explain how economic development determines where people can choose to live.

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

CR.3 Civil Rights

• CR.3.1 Explain how a democracy relies on people's responsible participation.

  • CR.3.1.1 Define democracy.

  • CR.3.1.2 Explain the voting process.

    • Presidential elections (3-E.8)

• CR.3.2 Examine how cultural diversity strengthens the community.

  • CR.3.2.1 Analyze cultural artifacts and the representations of the community.

  • CR.3.2.2 Debate how historical figures respond to cultural changes, needs and concerns of people.

    • Abraham Lincoln (3-D.6)
    • Susan B. Anthony (3-D.8)
    • Harriet Tubman (3-D.9)
    • Theodore Roosevelt (3-D.12)
    • 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)
    • Bill Gates (3-D.21)

• CR.3.3 Examine Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights in order to recognize basic principles of democracy and civil liberties.

  • CR.3.3.1 Identify civil liberties within the First Amendment.

    • The Bill of Rights (3-E.6)

  • CR.3.3.2 Cite examples of how civil liberties are exercised in the local community.

    • Susan B. Anthony (3-D.8)
    • Harriet Tubman (3-D.9)
    • Rosa Parks (3-D.16)
    • Jackie Robinson (3-D.17)
    • Cesar Chavez (3-D.18)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. (3-D.19)

G.3 Geography

• G.3.1 Identify ways humans have altered the physical environment.

  • G.3.1.1 Explain how various industries, such as farming, fishing, timber, etc. have altered the physical environment.

  • G.3.1.2 Utilize vocabulary associated with human influence on the environment.

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

• G.3.2 Identify ways natural disasters affects the physical environment.

  • G.3.2.1 Identify characteristics of a natural disaster.

  • G.3.2.2 Explain how local, state, and national governments cooperate to manage natural disasters.

  • G.3.2.3 Evaluate how natural disasters can alter settlement patterns.

• G.3.3 Explain how technological advancements have influenced the environment.

  • G.3.3.1 Evaluate how different energy sources have impacted the environment.

  • G.3.3.2 Explain how communication and technological innovations have altered the environment.

  • G.3.3.3 Recognize the geographic impact of using oil and various energy sources in the twenty-first century.

• G.3.4 Recognize maps, graphs, and other representations of the earth.

  • G.3.4.1 Evaluate patterns of populations of distribution.

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

• G.3.5 Describe the relationship between locations of resources and patterns of population distribution.

  • G.3.5.1 Define renewable and nonrenewable resources.

  • G.3.5.2 Categorize types of energy resources as renewable and nonrenewable.

H.3 History

• H.3.1 Identify and describe the different types of government throughout history, such as dictatorship, monarchy, aristocracy, representative democracy, and direct democracy.

  • H.3.1.1 Explain who held power in each type of government.

  • H.3.1.2 Compare and contrast the different types of government related to source of authority, limits on power and examples of each.

  • H.3.1.3 Cite an example of each type of government from history.

• H.3.2 Explain the role of Representative Democracy in framing the American government.

  • H.3.2.1 Explain the roles of the three branches of government.

    • Federal government (3-E.4)

  • H.3.2.2 Compare and contrast separation of powers and check and balances.

    • Checks and balances (3-E.7)

  • H.3.2.3 Explain the role of popular sovereignty in maintaining a democracy.

• H.3.3 Trace the history of voting rights in America.

  • H.3.3.1 Define voting, suffrage and franchise.

  • H.3.3.2 Illustrate the expansion of voting rights in America.

    • Susan B. Anthony (3-D.8)