Get in touch
Parent sign in Start free trial
Parent sign in
Español Sign in Start free trial
menu
3rd grade 19 TAC §113.14 48 student expectations 6 activities

3rd grade Social Studies

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.

Practice activities

🏘️Communities and MapsWhy people form communities, who helped build them, how the environment shapes life, and reading maps with a compass rose, legend, scale, and grid.
📜Money, Founding Documents, and HeroesEarning, spending, saving, and donating; simple budgets; the Declaration, Constitution, and Bill of Rights; consent of the governed; heroes, helpers, and inventors.
🍋Lemonade Stand EconomicsSupply, demand, scarcity, cost, and profit.
🏛️Who Makes the Rules?City, state, nation: who does what.
🎉Celebrations and Civic SkillsWhy cultural celebrations matter and how they compare across communities, using social studies words, expressing ideas in words and pictures, civil discourse, democratic decisions, and problem solving.
🕵️Source DetectiveGather information about a community, tell fact from opinion, find the main idea and the central claim, read and make graphs, tables, timelines, and maps, and back up a claim with evidence.

The learning path

One stop per unit. Filled stops have practice activities today.

1History. The student understands how individuals, events, and ideas have influenced the history of various communities.2History. The student understands common characteristics of communities, past and present.3Geography. The student understands how humans adapt to and/or modify the physical environment.4Geography. The student understands the concepts of location, distance, and direction on maps and globes.5Economics. The student understands the purposes of earning, spending, saving, and donating money.6Economics. The student understands the concept of the free enterprise system and how businesses operate in the U.S. free7Government. The student understands the basic structure and functions of various levels of government.8Government. The student understands important ideas in historical documents at various levels of government.9Citizenship. The student understands characteristics of good citizenship as exemplified by historical and contemporary f10Culture. The student understands ethnic and/or cultural celebrations of the local community and other communities.11Culture. The student understands the role of heroes in shaping the culture of communities, the state, and the nation.12Culture. The student understands the importance of writers and artists to the cultural heritage of communities.13Science, technology, and society. The student understands how individuals have created or invented new technology and af14Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a vari15Social studies skills. The student communicates in written, oral, and visual forms.16Social studies skills. The student uses problem-solving and decision-making skills, working independently and with other

Units and standards preview

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.3/3 practiced
  1. (A) describe how individuals, events, and ideas have changed communities, past and present;
    19 TAC 113.14(c)(1)(A)
    🏘️ Communities and Maps
  2. (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)
    🏘️ Communities and Maps
  3. (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)
    🏘️ Communities and Maps
2History. The student understands common characteristics of communities, past and present.2/2 practiced
  1. (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)
    🏘️ Communities and Maps
  2. (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)
    🏘️ Communities and Maps

14 more units, 48 expectations, 6 activities

This is a preview. The Family plan, with a 14-day free trial, unlocks the full 3rd grade Social Studies course: every standard, every activity, progress by standard for each child, printables, and Ask Bacc.

Start free trialSee plans

How to help at home

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.

97%
47 of 48
standards have practice today

Course details

  • Grade3rd grade
  • SubjectSocial Studies
  • Standard19 TAC §113.14
  • Units16
  • Expectations48
  • Activities6
  • PriceFree to play
Take the check-upPlay the activitiesTrack progress (with a parent account)Full curriculum view

Other 3rd grade courses