Common Planner
K–12 Standards

3rd Grade

Other Iowa Essential Elements for Social Studies sets

Immigration and Migration

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    Constructing Questions

    1. 1

      Identify supporting questions for a compelling question with a familiar inquiry.EE.SS.3.1

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    Gathering and Evaluating Sources

    1. 3

      Determine if a source is fact or opinion.EE.SS.3.3

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    Developing Claims and Using Evidence

    1. 4

      Identify evidence related to a compelling question. EE.SS.3.4

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    Communicating and Critiquing Conclusions

    1. 5

      Answer a compelling question with an example.EE.SS.3.5

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    Taking Informed Action

    1. 7

      Identify a civic problem within their classroom or community, and work with other partner(s) to create a possible solutionEE.SS.3.7

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

    1. 9

      Compare the treatment of a demographic group in the past and present.EE.SS.3.9

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    Interpret Processes, Rules and Laws

    1. 10

      Identify consequences of following or breaking rules/laws.EE.SS.3.10

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    Critique Exchange and Markets

    1. 13

      Identify how people use natural resources and human resources to produce goods and servicesEE.SS.3.13

    2. 14

      Identify the role of a financial institution in an economy. (i.e. banks, businesses).EE.SS.3.14

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    Develop Financial and Career Goals

    1. 16

      Identify one way a person can improve their income. EE.SS.3.16

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    Create a Saving and Spending Plan

    1. 17

      Identify the difference between paying now and paying later. EE.SS.3.17

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    Evaluate Savings and Long-Term Investments

    1. 18

      Identify a benefit of saving money.EE.SS.3.18

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    Create Geographic Representations

    1. 19

      Use a geographic representation to display the characteristics of a place.EE.SS.3.19

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    Evaluate Human Environment Interaction

    1. 20

      Identify reasons that influence how people choose where to live.EE.SS.3.20

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    Analyze Human Population Movements and Patterns

    1. 21

      Use a geographic model to identify how the environment affects where people decide to live.EE.SS.3.21

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    Compare Perspectives

    1. 23

      Identify two conflicting perspectives on one historical event or issue.EE.SS.3.23

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    Justify Causation and Argumentation

    1. 25

      Identify probable causes and effects of one historical event or development.EE.SS.3.25

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    Iowa History

    1. 28

      Identify how groups of people that live in Iowa impacted the state.EE.SS.3.28

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What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 3

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