North Carolina

3.B Behavioral Sciences

• 3.B.1 Understand how values and beliefs of individuals and groups influence communities.

  • 3.B.1.1 Explain how the values, beliefs, and cultures of various indigenous, religious, racial and other groups contribute to the development of local communities and the state.

  • 3.B.1.2 Compare values, beliefs, cultural practices and traditions of various groups living in local and regional communities.

    • 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)

3.C&G Civics and Government

• 3.C&G.1 Understand the structure and function of state and local government.

  • 3.C&G.1.1 Compare the structure and function of both state and local government.

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

  • 3.C&G.1.2 Classify the roles and responsibilities of leaders in state and local government.

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

  • 3.C&G.1.3 Compare how state, local, and tribal governments help solve problems within communities.

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

3.E Economics

• 3.E.1 Understand how economic decisions and resources affect the local economy.

  • 3.E.1.1 Explain how entrepreneurship develops local communities.

  • 3.E.1.2 Explain how the natural resources of a region impact the production and consumption of goods in local communities.

    • What is economics? (3-H.1)

  • 3.E.1.3 Summarize the role supply and demand plays in local economies.

    • Understand overall supply and demand (3-I.2)

3.G Geography

• 3.G.1 Understand how geography impacts the development of regions and communities.

  • 3.G.1.1 Explain how the absolute and relative location of places impacts the development of communities.

  • 3.G.1.2 Explain how climate and physical characteristics affect the ways in which people live in a place or region.

  • 3.G.1.3 Explain how movement of goods, people, and ideas is impacted by the geography of a place or region.

3.H History

• 3.H.1 Understand how various people and historical events have shaped local communities.

  • 3.H.1.1 Explain how the experiences and achievements of women, indigenous, religious, and racial groups have contributed to the development of the local community.

    • Frederick Douglass (3-D.7)
    • Susan B. Anthony (3-D.8)
    • Harriet Tubman (3-D.9)
    • Sitting Bull (3-D.10)
    • 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)

  • 3.H.1.2 Explain the lasting impact historical events have had on local communities.

    • Benjamin Franklin (3-D.1)
    • Paul Revere (3-D.2)
    • Thomas Jefferson (3-D.3)
    • Davy Crockett (3-D.4)
    • John Deere (3-D.5)
    • 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)
    • Thomas Edison (3-D.11)
    • 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)

  • 3.H.1.3 Use primary and secondary sources to compare multiple interpretations of various historical symbols and events in local communities.