Common Planner
K–12 Standards

Grade 3: Access Points

Other Florida Social Studies sets

American History

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    Historical Inquiry and Analysis

    1. 1

      Identify and use primary and secondary sources to obtain information.  SS.3.A.1.AP.1

    2. 2

      Use technology resources to gather information about a primary or secondary source.  SS.3.A.1.AP.2

    3. 3

      Recognize that the terms history, geography, economics, civics, and government are related to social sciences.  SS.3.A.1.AP.3

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    Civics and Government

    1. 1

      Recognize the purpose of government in the community.  SS.3.CG.1.AP.1

    2. 2

      Identify that government gains its power from the people.  SS.3.CG.1.AP.2

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    Civic and Political Participation

    1. 1

      Identify actions of citizens that contribute to the community.  SS.3.CG.2.AP.1

    2. 2

      Recognize that it is the responsibility of citizens to vote.  SS.3.CG.2.AP.2

    3. 3

      Recognize the meaning behind patriotic holidays.  SS.3.CG.2.AP.3

    4. 4

      Identify events that represent the United States.  SS.3.CG.2.AP.4

    5. 5

      Identify events that represent Florida.  SS.3.CG.2.AP.5

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    Structure and Functions of Government

    1. 1

      Identify that the U.S. and Florida Constitutions have three branches of government.  SS.3.CG.3.AP.1

    2. 2

      Identify levels of local, state, and federal government to their functions.  SS.3.CG.3.AP.2

Economics

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    Beginning Economics

    1. 1

      Recognize that people can trade for products that are not available locally.  SS.3.E.1.AP.1

    2. 2

      Identify some characteristics of money.  SS.3.E.1.AP.2

    3. 3

      Recognize the roles of buyers and sellers in exchanging goods and services.  SS.3.E.1.AP.3

    4. 4

      Recognize forms of money used in the United States and one other North American country  SS.3.E.1.AP.4

Geography

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    The World in Spatial Terms

    1. 1

      Use a thematic map or chart to identify selected geographic information, such as land and body of water on a map or population on a chart. SS.3.G.1.AP.1

    2. 2

      Identify elements on a map, such as title, key/legend, cardinal directions, compass rose, and coordinate grid.  SS.3.G.1.AP.2

    3. 3

      Identify selected continents and oceans on a world map.  SS.3.G.1.AP.3

    4. 4

      Recognize a physical and a political map.  SS.3.G.1.AP.4

    5. 5

      Identify differences between maps and globes.  SS.3.G.1.AP.5

    6. 6

      Use maps to identify distances between two places.  SS.3.G.1.AP.6

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    Places and Regions

    1. 1

      Recognize North America as Canada, the United States, and Mexico on a map.  SS.3.G.2.AP.1

    2. 2

      Recognize north, south, east, and west as they relate to the regions of the United States.  SS.3.G.2.AP.2

    3. 3

      Recognize selected states in each of the five regions of the United States.  SS.3.G.2.AP.3

    4. 4

      Recognize major physical features of the United States, Canada, and Mexico.  SS.3.G.2.AP.4

    5. 5

      Recognize major natural and man-made landmarks of the United States.  SS.3.G.2.AP.5

    6. 6

      Identify how people view places and regions differently by asking questions about a region.  SS.3.G.2.AP.6

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    Physical Systems

    1. 1

      Recognize differences in the climates of the United States, Canada, and Mexico.  SS.3.G.3.AP.1

    2. 2

      Recognize major natural resources in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.  SS.3.G.3.AP.2

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    Human Systems

    1. 1

      Identify major ways environmental influences contribute to settlement patterns in the United States.  SS.3.G.4.AP.1

    2. 2

      Recognize different cultures that have settled in the United States.  SS.3.G.4.AP.2

    3. 3

      Identify a cultural characteristic of a population in the United States and a population in Mexico or Canada.  SS.3.G.4.AP.3

    4. 4

      Recognize contributions of an ethnic group to the United States.  SS.3.G.4.AP.4

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