African American History
The child meets African Americans whose courage, ideas and work shaped the United States, follows their story from African homelands and slavery to freedom, civil rights and today, and explains why the country remembers…
Grade 3 Social Studies
Grade 3 Social Studies includes local and world geography, community economics, Native American cultures, government basics, and historical thinking.
Grade 3 Social Studies topics
Continents and Oceans
The child names and locates the continents and oceans, the equator and the poles, and finds their own country and some others on a world map.
Earning, Spending and Saving Money
The child learns that people earn money by working and use it to buy goods and services, chooses between spending, saving and sharing, saves for a goal with a simple plan and keeps money safe.
Local History
The child investigates the history of their own street, village or town through buildings, street names, monuments and local stories.
How We Know About the Past
The child finds out about the past from objects, pictures, buildings, written records and older people, and asks what each source can and cannot tell.
US Landforms and Climate
The child describes the main landforms, rivers and lakes and climate regions of the United States, the natural hazards each region faces, and how the land and climate shaped where people settled.
Levels of Government
The child explains what governments do, who makes, carries out and judges laws in the town, the state and the nation, names the three branches and their leaders, and says how leaders are chosen.
Democracy at School
Decide things together in your class, vote fairly and understand the results, choose representatives for a student council, and find out how communities make decisions and how you can help yours.
North America Regions
The learner describes the physical regions, population, cities and economy of North America, and its links with the rest of the world.
Local Government
The child explains how a town or city is run, from the mayor and council to the services they provide and how taxes pay for them, how local laws are made and how residents can take part.
Resources and Trade
The child names the natural, human and capital resources used to make goods and services, explains why people and places specialise and trade, and weighs a choice by what is given up.
Significant People and Why We Remember Them
The child learns about the lives of significant people from different times and places, and discusses why people are remembered and how they changed things.
Maya, Aztec and Inca
The learner describes the Maya, Aztec and Inca states and the diversity of other Indigenous peoples of the Americas, including those of present-day Brazil, and their achievements.
US States, Capitals and Regions
The child names and finds the five regions of the United States, the 50 states and their capitals, Washington, D.C. and the US territories, and describes what makes each region different.
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