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Morgan County Curriculum 4.1 Elementary.
Social Studies - Social Studies Grade 3

Government and Civics

1.1.1 Supporting
The learner will be able to identify the basic purposes of local government (to establish order, provide security and accomplish common goals); give examples of services local governments provide like police and fire protection roads and snow removal, garbage pick-up and identify how they pay for these services taxes).
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Formation of government Comprehension Develop 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
1.1.2 (DOK 2) ASSESSED
The learner will be able to identify and explain the purpose of rules within rules like schools, clubs, and teams and compare rules with laws.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Formation of government Comprehension, Application Master 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
1.2.1 Supporting
The learner will be able to describe how their local government is structured (like the mayor, city council, judge-executive, fiscal court, local courts) and compare their local government to other community governments in Kentucky.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Constitutional Principles Comprehension Develop 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
1.3.1 Supporting
The learner will be able to define basic democratic ideas like liberty, justice, equality, rights, and responsibility and explain why they are important today.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Rights & Responsibilities Knowledge, Comprehension Develop 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
1.3.2 (DOK 2) ASSESSED
The learner will be able to identify and give examples of good citizenship at home, at school and in the community (e.g., helping with chores, obeying rules, participating in community service projects such as recycling, conserving natural resources, donating food/supplies) and explain why civic engagement in the community is important.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Rights & Responsibilities Comprehension, Application Develop 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
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Cultures and Societies

2.1.1 (DOK 1) ASSESSED
The learner will be able to describe cultural elements like beliefs, traditions, languages, skills, literature and the arts.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Elements of Culture Application Master 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
2.1.2 Supporting
The learner will be able to study a variety of diverse cultures locally and in the world today and explain the importance of appreciating and understanding other cultures.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Elements of Culture Comprehension Develop 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
2.2.1 Supporting
The learner will be able to identify social institutions like government, economy, education, religion, and family and explain how they help the community.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Social Institutions Knowledge, Comprehension Develop 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
2.3.1 (DOK 2) ASSESSED
The learner will be able to describe various forms of interactions (compromise, cooperation, conflict, competition) that occur between individuals/groups at home and at school.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Interactions among Individuals & gro Comprehension, Application Master 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
2.3.2 Supporting
The learner will be able to identify appropriate conflict resolution strategies (e.g., compromise, cooperation, communication).
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Interactions among Individuals & gro Comprehension Develop 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
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Economics

3.1.1 (DOK 2) ASSESSED
The learner will be able to define basic economic terms related to scarcity like opportunity cost, wants and needs, limited productive resources-natural, human, capital and explain that scarcity requires people to make economic choices and incur opportunity cost.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Scarcity Comprehension, Application Master 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
3.2.1 Supporting
The learner will be able to identify and give examples of economic institutions (banks) and explain how they help people deal with the problem of scarcity (e.g., loan money, save money) in today's market economy.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economic Systems and Institutions Comprehension, Application Master 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
3.3.1 (DOK 2) ASSESSED
The learner will be able to define basic economic terms related to markets (e.g., market economy, markets, wants and needs, goods and services, profit, consumer, producer, supply and demand, barter, money, trade, advertising).
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics: Markets Comprehension Master 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
3.3.2 Supporting
The learner will be able to explain different ways that people acquire goods and services (by trading/bartering goods and services for other goods and services or by using money).
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics: Markets Comprehension, Evaluation Develop 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
3.4.1 (DOK 2) ASSESSED
The learner will be able to define basic economic terms related to production, distribution and consumption (e.g., goods and services, wants and needs, supply and demand, specialization, entrepreneur) and describe various ways goods and services are distributed (e.g., by price, first-come-first-served, sharing equally).
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Production, Distribution, Consumption Comprehension Master 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
3.4.2 Supporting
The learner will be able to describe how new knowledge, technology/tools, and specialization increases productivity in our community, state, nation and world.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Production, Distribution, Consumption Application Develop 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
3.4.3 Supporting
The learner will be able to define interdependence and give examples of how people in our communities, states, nation and world depend on each other for goods and services.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Production, Distribution, Consumption Comprehension Develop 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
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Geography

4.1.1 Supporting
The learner will be able to use geographic tools like maps, globes, mental maps, charts, graphs, to locate and describe familiar places at home, school and the community.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
The Use of Geographic Tools Comprehension, Application Develop 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
4.1.2 Supporting
The learner will be able to use geographic tools to identify major landforms (e.g., continents, mountain ranges) bodies of water (e.g., oceans, major rivers) and natural resources on Earth's surface and use relative location.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
The Use of Geographic Tools Comprehension Develop 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
4.1.3 Supporting
The learner will be able to describe how different factors like rivers and mountain influence where activities are located in the community.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
The Use of Geographic Tools Comprehension, Application Develop 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
4.2.1 Supporting
The learner will be able to describe places on Earth's surface by their physical characteristics like climate, landforms and bodies of water.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Regions Comprehension, Application Develop 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
4.3.1 Supporting
The learner will be able to describe patterns of human settlement in places and regions on the Earth's surface.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Geography: Patterns Comprehension Develop 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
4.3.2 Supporting
The learner will be able to describe how technology helps us move, settle and interact in the modern world.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Geography: Patterns Comprehension Develop 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
4.4.2 (DOK 1) ASSESSED
The learner will be able to describe ways people adapt to/modify the physical environment to meet their basic needs of food, shelter and clothing.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Human-Environment Interaction Comprehension, Application Master 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
4.4.2 Supporting
The learner will be able to describe how the physical environment can both promote and restrict human activities.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Human-Environment Interaction Comprehension Develop 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
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Historical Perspective

5.1.1 Supporting
The learner will be able to use a variety of primary and secondary sources (e.g., artifacts, diaries, timelines) to interpret the past.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Factual & Interpretive Nature of His Comprehension Develop 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
5.2.1 (DOK 2) ASSESSED
The learner will be able to identify significant patriotic and historical songs, symbols, monuments/landmarks (e.g., The Star-Spangled Banner, the Underground Railroad, the Statue of Liberty) and patriotic holidays (e.g., Veteran's Day, Martin Luther King's birthday, Fourth of July) and explain their historical significance.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
History of the World Comprehension, Application Master 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
5.2.2 (DOK 2) ASSESSED
The learner will be able to identify and compare the early cultures of diverse groups of Native Americans (e.g., Northwest, Southwest, Plains, Eastern Woodland) and explain why they settled in what is now the United States.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
History of the World Comprehension, Application Master 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
5.2.3 Supporting
The learner will be able to describe change over time in communication, technology, transportation and education in the community.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
History of the World Comprehension Develop 1.0 (a) Classroom
  
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