Third Grade Benchmarks - Culture

Performance Indicators State

3.1.spi.1. Recognize some of the major components of a culture (i.e., language, clothing, food, art, and music).  
3.1.spi.2. Determine similarities and differences in the ways different cultural groups address basic human needs (i.e., food, water, clothing, and shelter by interpreting pictures).  
3.1.spi.3. Differentiate the cultural population distribution in the United States using a bar graph.  
3.1.spi.4. Interpret a chart or map identifying major cultural groups of the world.  

 

Third Grade Benchmarks - Economics

Performance Indicators State

3.2.spi.1. Distinguish the difference between a natural resource and finished product.  
3.2.spi.2. Interpret a map showing agricultural and industrial areas.  
3.2.spi.3 Distinguish between import and export.  
3.2.spi.4 Differentiate the difference between producer and a consumer using a picture.  
3.2.spi.5. Differentiate between money and barter economies.  

 

Third Grade Benchmarks - Geography

Performance Indicators State

3.3.spi.1. Identify the major physical components of the world (i.e., oceans, equator, continents, and hemispheres).  
3.3.spi.2. Recognize and use a map key.  
3.3.spi.3. Find a specific location on a school or community map.  
3.3.spi.4. Use absolute and relative locations to identify places on a map (i.e., north, south, east, west, borders, lines of longitude and latitude, the equator, the north and south poles).  
3.3.spi.5. Identify basic components of earth's systems (i.e., landforms, water, climate and weather).  
3.3.spi.6. Utilize skills to locate a place using cardinal directions and symbols given an appropriate map with a key.  
3.3.spi.7. Determine the climate of a specific region of the world using a map.  
3.3.spi.8. Differentiate the distinguishing characteristics of ecosystems (i.e., deserts, grasslands, rainforests).  
3.3.spi.9. Recognize the identifying characteristics of certain geographic features (i.e., peninsula, islands, continents, mountains, rivers, deserts, oceans, and forests).  

 

Third Grade Benchmarks - Governance & Civics

Performance Indicators State

3.4.spi.1. Select from a set of visual representations a service provided by the government (i.e., parks, schools, and libraries).  
3.4.spi.2. Determine the representative acts of a good citizen (i.e., obeying speed limit, not littering, walking within the crosswalk).  

 

Third Grade Benchmarks - History

Performance Indicators State

3.5.spi.1. Label historical events as past, present and future.  
3.5.spi.2. Use a timeline to determine the order of a historical sequence of events.  
3.5.spi.3. Read and interpret facts from a historical passage  

 

Third Grade Benchmarks - Individuals, Groups, & Interactions

Performance Indicators State

3.6.spi.1. Classify needs and wants using pictures of common items (i.e., food, cleaning products, clothes, candy, makeup). Want vs. Need: Basic Economics - A want is something you could have, and a need is something you have to have. Sounds simple, right? Sometimes, it's not that easy. This easy to read article explains the difference.
3.6.spi.2. Distinguish between conflict and cooperation within group interactions as represented by pictures.  
3.6.spi.3. Recognize major global concerns (i.e., pollution, conservation of natural resources, global warming, destruction of rain forest).