Third graders study how individuals and events shaped their community, map skills with distance and direction, how people adapt to their environment, the basics of earning, spending, saving, and donating, how businesses and prices work, and the structure of local, state, and national government.
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The knowledge-and-skills strands below are the state's, reproduced from Social Studies, Grade 3, Adopted 2022.. Open a unit to read each student expectation and jump to the activities that practice it.
1History. The student understands how individuals, events, and ideas have influenced the history of various communities.0/3 practiced
(A) describe how individuals, events, and ideas have changed communities, past and present;
19 TAC 113.14(c)(1)(A)
(B) identify individuals, including Pierre-Charles L'Enfant, Benjamin Banneker, and Benjamin Franklin, who have helped to shape communities; and
19 TAC 113.14(c)(1)(B)
(C) describe how individuals, including Daniel Boone and the Founding Fathers have contributed to the expansion of existing communities or to the creation of new communities.
19 TAC 113.14(c)(1)(C)
2History. The student understands common characteristics of communities, past and present.0/2 practiced
(A) identify reasons people have formed communities, including a need for security and laws, religious freedom, and material well-being; and
19 TAC 113.14(c)(2)(A)
(B) compare ways in which people in the local community and other communities meet their needs for government, education, communication, transportation, and recreation.
19 TAC 113.14(c)(2)(B)
13 more units, 47 expectations, 2 activities
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Look up who your mayor, your governor, and the president are, and what each one does.
Play store: your child produces something, you consume it, and you trade.
Notice supply and demand in real life: why is the popular toy more expensive?
Source: Texas Education Agency, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, 19 TAC §113.14. Curriculum text on this site is reproduced from the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills as published by the Texas Education Agency and codified in Title 19 of the Texas Administrative Code. Baccare is an independent product of Brigade Management, Inc. and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the Texas Education Agency, the State Board of Education, or the Texas Secretary of State. Sources and attribution.