West Virginia

C Civics

• SS.3.1 Identify and explain the following commonly-held American democratic values, principles, and beliefs:

  • Diversity

  • Rule of law

    • Purpose of government (3-F.1)
    • The Constitution (3-F.5)
    • The Bill of Rights (3-F.6)

  • Family values

  • Community service

  • Justice

    • The Bill of Rights (3-F.6)

  • Liberty

    • The Bill of Rights (3-F.6)

• SS.3.2 Determine the need for government and compare and contrast the following forms: tribal, monarchy, constitutional republic, and democracy.

  • Purpose of government (3-F.1)

• SS.3.3 Investigate significant cultural contributions of various groups creating the United States of America's multicultural society.

  • Christmas (3-J.1)
  • Día de los Muertos (3-J.2)
  • Easter (3-J.3)
  • Holi (3-J.4)
  • Hanukkah (3-J.5)
  • Kwanzaa (3-J.6)
  • Lunar New Year (3-J.7)
  • Ramadan (3-J.8)
  • Rosh Hashanah (3-J.9)
  • Thanksgiving (3-J.10)

• SS.3.4 Examine historical conflicts and their resolutions during the pre-colonial time period.

• SS.3.5 Examine how rights and responsibilities of citizens are reflected in patriotic symbols, songs, and holidays of the United States (e.g., the meaning of our flag's colors, the Pledge of Allegiance and the meaning of the words, the National Anthem, Veterans Day, and Memorial Day).

  • Identify American symbols (3-G.1)
  • Identify American landmarks and monuments: part I (3-G.2)
  • Identify American landmarks and monuments: part II (3-G.3)
  • The American flag (3-G.4)
  • The White House (3-G.5)
  • The Washington Monument (3-G.6)
  • The Lincoln Memorial (3-G.7)
  • The Statue of Liberty (3-G.8)
  • The Empire State Building (3-G.9)
  • Mount Rushmore (3-G.11)

• SS.3.6 Participate in a local service project to discover the importance of working together and how participation leads to improvement in the lives of individuals, as well as communities.

E Economics

• SS.3.7 Study bank services including checking accounts, savings accounts, and borrowing, and create a mock budget.

• SS.3.8 Construct and interpret graphs that illustrate the basic concept of the exchange of goods and services as related to supply and demand and show the impact of scarcity of resources.

  • What is economics? (3-H.1)
  • Scarcity and choices (3-H.2)
  • 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.3.9 Sequence the path of a product from the raw material to the final product.

  • Natural resources (3-H.3)

• SS.3.10 Use charts, maps, and other data sources to correlate occupations with the economy and the available resources of a region (e.g., West Virginia has coal mining; Pennsylvania has steel mills; etc.).

• SS.3.11 Explore SMART529, West Virginia's Education Savings Solution program and other college saving plans.

G Geography

• SS.3.12 Use geographic information systems to compare and contrast various types of maps (e.g., climate, resource, physical, political, road, etc.).

• SS.3.13 Distinguish between a continent, country, state, and capital.

  • Identify oceans and continents (3-B.3)
  • Select oceans and continents (3-B.4)
  • Name oceans and continents (3-B.5)
  • Identify states of the West (3-D.1)
  • Select states of the West (3-D.2)
  • Identify states of the Midwest (3-D.4)
  • Select states of the Midwest (3-D.5)
  • Identify states of the Southeast (3-D.7)
  • Select states of the Southeast (3-D.8)
  • Identify states of the Northeast (3-D.10)
  • Select states of the Northeast (3-D.11)
  • Identify the 50 states (3-D.13)
  • Select the 50 states (3-D.14)
  • Identify state capitals of the West (3-E.1)
  • Identify state capitals of the Midwest (3-E.3)
  • Identify state capitals of the Southeast (3-E.5)
  • Identify state capitals of the Northeast (3-E.7)
  • Identify the 50 state capitals (3-E.9)

• SS.3.14 Label maps to demonstrate knowledge of map skills (e.g., label cardinal directions, intermediate directions, borders, continents, oceans, Equator, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, North Pole, South Pole, and Prime Meridian).

  • 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 oceans and continents (3-B.3)
  • Select oceans and continents (3-B.4)
  • Name oceans and continents (3-B.5)
  • Use a map key (3)

• SS.3.15 Explain the reason time zones were developed, identify the time zones of North America, and calculate the variance in time from one zone to another.

• SS.3.16 Use a map scale to determine the distance between two given points.

• SS.3.17 Recognize, define, and illustrate world geographic features (e.g., peninsulas, islands, mountains, canyons, plateaus, mesas, harbors, gulfs, rivers, deserts, forests, valleys, and plains).

  • Introduction to Earth's land features (3-B.1)
  • Identify Earth's land features using photographs (3-B.2)

• SS.3.18 Compare and contrast regions of the United States in regard to plant and animal life, landforms, climate, and human interactions with the environment.

  • Introduction to Earth's land features (3-B.1)
  • Identify Earth's land features using photographs (3-B.2)
  • Identify urban, suburban, and rural areas (3-C.2)
  • Compare urban, suburban, and rural areas (3-C.3)

• SS.3.19 Create a legend to identify the path of major explorers and chart those journeys on a world map (e.g., Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Hernando Cortes, and Sir Walter Raleigh).

  • Use a map key (3)

H History

• SS.3.20 Examine the settlement of North America by Native Americans.

  • Illustrate the spread of the Native American population into the various regions of North America.

  • Determine settlement patterns based on natural resources.

  • Explain how Native American groups adapted to geographic factors of a given region.

  • Compare and contrast the cultures of the different Native American groups (e.g., source of food, clothing, shelter, and products used).

  • Make historical inferences by analyzing artifacts and illustrations.

  • Analyze the Native American interactions with others (e.g., other Native American groups, explorers, and settlers).

    • Sitting Bull (3-K.8)

• SS.3.21 Determine the causes and effects of European exploration.

  • Chronologically organize major explorers and determine the reasons for their journeys (e.g., Marco Polo, Amerigo Vespucci, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Hernando Cortes, Balboa, Ponce de Leon, Sir Walter Raleigh, etc.).

  • Investigate the motives for exploration by the various European nations (e.g., England, Spain, France, Portugal, etc.).

  • Determine the information the explorers gained from their journeys.

  • Explain the impact of the explorers' travels on Native Americans and the world.

WV WV History

• SS.3.22 Identify the four physical geographic regions of West Virginia, the major communities, and the natural resources found within each region.

• SS.3.23 Investigate the nine tourist regions of West Virginia and identify the counties in each region.