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K–12 Standards

Grade 3

Other Iowa Social Studies sets

Inquiry Anchor Standards

  • A

    Constructing Compelling Questions

    1. 1

      Identify disciplinary ideas associated with a compelling question.SS.3.1.

  • B

    Constructing Supporting Questions

    1. 1

      Use supporting questions to help answer the compelling question in an inquiry.SS.3.2.

  • C

    Gathering and Evaluating Sources

    1. 1

      Determine the credibility of one source.SS.3.3.

  • D

    Developing Claims and Using Evidence

    1. 1

      Cite evidence that supports a response to supporting or compelling questions.SS.3.4.

  • E

    Communicating and Critiquing Conclusions

    1. 1

      Construct responses to compelling questions using reasoning, examples, and relevant details.SS.3.5.

  • F

    Taking Informed Action

    1. 1

      Identify challenges and opportunities when taking action to address problems, including predicting possible results.SS.3.6.

    2. 2

      Use a range of deliberative and democratic procedures to make decisions about and act on civic problems in their classrooms.SS.3.7.

Content Anchor Standards

  • A

    Recognize the Interaction Between the Individual and Various Groups

    1. 1

      Describe the effects, opportunities, and conflicts that happened when people from different social groups came into contact with each other.SS.3.8.

  • B

    Examine Factors that Led to Continuity and Change on Human Development and Behavior 

    1. 1

      Compare and contrast the treatment of a variety of demographic groups in the past and present.SS.3.9.

  • C

    Interpret Processes, Rules and Laws

    1. 1

      Explain how rules and laws impact society. (21st century skills)SS.3.10.

    2. 2

      Provide examples of historical and contemporary ways that societies have changed. (21st century skills)SS.3.11.

  • D

    Engage in Economic Decision Making

    1. 1

      Use historical examples to describe how scarcity requires a person to make choices.SS.3.12.

    2. 2

      Identify how people use natural resources, human resources, and physical capital to produce goods and services.SS.3.13.

  • E

    Critique Exchange and Markets

    1. 1

      Describe the role of various financial institutions in an economy

  • F

    Assess the Global Economy

    1. 1

      Analyze why and how individuals, businesses, and nations around the world specialize and trade.SS.3.15.

  • G

    Develop Financial and Career Goals

    1. 1

      Describe how people take risks to improve their family income through education, career changes and moving to new places.SS.3.16.

  • H

    Create a Saving and Spending Plan

    1. 1

      Explain an individual's responsibility for credit and debt. (21st century skills)SS.3.17.

  • I

    Evaluate Savings and Long Term Investments

    1. 1

      Determine the importance of saving/investing in relation to future needs. (21st century skills)SS.3.18.

  • J

    Create Geographic Representations

    1. 1

      Create a geographic representation to explain how the unique characteristics of a place affect migration.SS.3.19.

  • K

    Evaluate Human Environment Interaction

    1. 1

      Describe how cultural characteristics influence people’s choices to live in different regions of the U.S. SS.3.20.

  • L

    Analyze Human Population Movements and Patterns

    1. 1

      Use map evidence to explain how human settlements and movements relate to the locations and use of various regional landforms and natural resources.SS.3.21.

  • M

    Analyze Change, Continuity, and Context

    1. 1

      Compare and contrast events that happened at the same time.SS.3.22.

  • N

    Compare Perspectives

    1. 1

      Compare and contrast conflicting historical perspectives about a past event or issue.SS.3.23.

  • O

    Critique Historical Sources and Evidence

    1. 1

      Infer the intended audience and purpose of a primary source using textual evidence.SS.3.24.

  • P

    Justify Causation and Argumentation

    1. 1

      Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments.SS.3.25.

    2. 2

      Develop a claim about the past based on cited evidence.SS.3.26.

  • Q

    Iowa History

    1. 1

      Analyze the movement of different groups in and out of Iowa, including the removal and return of indigenous people.SS.3.27.

    2. 2

      Explain the cultural contributions that different groups have made on Iowa.SS.3.28.

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