Mrs. Noce 's Third Grade

Here is a quick overview of what we will be learning this year.

Geography: The students will...

• Locate land, oceans, and world communities on maps and globes
• Describe the spatial relationships of world communities
• Understand that environment and geography influence migration, the development of world communities, and lifestyles
• Understand that people depend on and modify their physical environment

Government/Policies: The students will...

• Understand that people in world communities form governments that plan, organize and make decisions
• Understand that people in world communities may have conflicts over rules, rights, and responsibilities
• understand that governments, leadership, problem solving, and decision making differ in world communities

Culture/Society: The students will...

• Understand that families in world communities differ and that people learn in different ways
• Define culture and civilization
• Understand that people in world communities celebrate holidays and festivals, as well as understand their accomplishments, achievements, and contributions
• Understand that people in world communities transmit aspects of their culture through various methods
• Understand that the characteristics of different regions and different people throughout the world influence human settlements
• Understand that people in world communities use monuments and memorials as symbols

Economics: The students will...

• Understand that human wants and needs differ from place to place and that people in world communities must depend on others to meet their needs and wants
• Understand that people in world communities locate, develop, and make use of resources; the also make choices due to unlimited wants and needs and limited resources
• Understand that economic activities and geographic factors interact
• Understand that all world communities organize their economies around the goods and services they need and produce; they must make economic decisions about how goods and services are produced, distributed and exchange

History: The students will...

• Understand that people in world communities may have different interpretations and perspectives of events
• Understand that world communities change over time
• Understand that important events can be displayed on a time line