How to learn Grade 3: Social studies

Illinois academic standards: Social studies, Grade 3

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1. Civics · Applying Civic Participation

Rules and agreements exist: Understand why rules and agreements exist — that they help keep people safe, make things fair, and help groups work well together — and follow agreed rules willingly rather than only when being watched

Fair Trade & Ethics: Where products come from and who makes them; that people around the world produce what we buy; fair pay for workers; making ethical choices as consumers

Earning Money: Ways that children and adults earn money; the connection between work, skills and pay; that harder or more skilled work often pays more
Banks & Saving: What banks do and why people use them; bank accounts as safe places for money; that savings in a bank can earn interest; children's savings accounts
Advertising & Spending: How advertising tries to influence what we buy; being a critical consumer; understanding 'value for money'; the difference between emotional and rational spending

Vocabulary: historical thinking: Know and use the vocabulary of historical thinking — source, evidence, primary source, secondary source, artefact, chronology, chronological order, BC/BCE, AD/CE, century, decade, era, period, timeline, excavation, archaeologist, interpretation, corroborate, bias, perspective — and apply these terms when discussing how we know about the past and how reliable our knowledge is