Grade 3 Social Studies Delaware standards Standards

Students will examine the structure and purposes of governments with specific emphasis on constitutional democracy.

Students will understand that leaders are sometimes chosen by election, and that elected officials are expected to represent the interests of the people who elected them.

Students will understand that positions of authority carry responsibilities and should be respected.

Students will understand the principles and ideals underlying the American political system.

Students will understand that respect for others, their opinions, and their property is a foundation of civil society in the United States.

Students will understand the responsibilities, rights, and privileges of United States citizens.

Students will understand that American citizens have distinct rights, responsibilities, and privileges.

Students will develop and employ the civic skills necessary for effective, participatory citizenship.

Students will demonstrate the skills necessary for participating in a group, including defining an objective, dividing responsibilities, and working cooperatively.

Students will analyze the potential costs and benefits of personal economic choices in a market economy.

Students will understand that individuals and families with limited resources undertake a wide variety of activities to satisfy their wants.

Students will apply the concept that economic choices require the balancing of costs incurred with benefits received.

Students will examine the interaction of individuals, families, communities, businesses, and governments in a market economy.

Students will understand how barter, money, and other media are employed to facilitate the exchange of resources, goods, and services.

Students will understand different types of economic systems and how they change.

Students will identify human wants and the various resources and strategies which have been used to satisfy them over time.

Students will examine the patterns and results of international trade.

Students will understand that the exchange of goods and services around the world creates economic interdependence between people in different places.

Students will develop a personal geographic framework, or "mental map," and understand the uses of maps and other geo-graphics.

Students will understand the nature and uses of maps, globes, and other geo-graphics.

Students will develop a knowledge of the ways humans modify and respond to the natural environment.

Students will distinguish different types of climate and landforms and explain why they occur.

Students will develop an understanding of the diversity of human culture and the unique nature of places.

Students will identify types of human settlement, connections between settlements, and the types of activities found in each.

Students will develop an understanding of the character and use of regions and the connections between and among them.

Students will use the concepts of place and region to explain simple patterns of connections between and among places across the country and the world.

Students will employ chronological concepts in analyzing historical phenomena.

Students will use clocks, calendars, schedules, and written records to record or locate events in time.

Students will gather, examine, and analyze historical data.

Students will use artifacts and documents to gather information about the past.

Students will interpret historical data.

Students will understand that historical accounts are constructed by drawing logical inferences from artifacts and documents.

Students will develop historical knowledge of major events and phenomena in world, United States, and Delaware history.

Students will develop an understanding of the similarities between families now and in the past, including:<ul><li>Daily life today and in other times</li> <li>Cultural origins of customs and beliefs around the world</li></ul>

Students will develop an awareness of major events and people in United States and Delaware history.<ul><li>Who lives here and how did they get here? (immigrants, demographics, ethnic and religious groups)</li><li>Important people in our past</li><li>Different kinds of communities in Delaware and the United States</li></ul>