Massachusetts State Standards for Social Studies: Grade 3
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MA.1. Massachusetts and its Cities and Towns: Geography and History: Using local historic sites, historical societies, and museums, third graders learn about the history of Massachusetts from the time of the arrival of the Pilgrims.
3.1.
Concepts and Skills: History and Geography: Explain the meaning of time periods or dates in historical narratives (decade, century, 1600s, 1776) and use them correctly in speaking and writing. (H)
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3.2.
Concepts and Skills: History and Geography: Observe visual sources such as historic paintings, photographs, or illustrations that accompany historical narratives, and describe details such as clothing, setting, or action. (H)
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Standard 3.2.
3.3.
Concepts and Skills: History and Geography: Observe and describe local or regional historic artifacts and sites and generate questions about their function, construction, and significance. (H)
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Standard 3.3.
3.4.
Concepts and Skills: History and Geography: Use cardinal directions, map scales, legends, and titles to locate places on contemporary maps of New England, Massachusetts, and the local community. (G)
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Standard 3.4.
3.5.
Concepts and Skills: History and Geography: Describe the difference between a contemporary map of their city or town and the map of their city or town in the 18th, 19th, or early 20th century. (H, G)
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Standard 3.5.
3.6.
Concepts and Skills: Civics and Government: Give examples of why it is necessary for communities to have governments (e.g., governments provide order and protect rights). (C)
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Standard 3.6.
3.7.
Concepts and Skills: Civics and Government: Give examples of the different ways people in a community can influence their local government (e.g., by voting, running for office, or participating in meetings). (C)
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Standard 3.7.
3.8.
Concepts and Skills: Economics: Define what a tax is and the purposes for taxes, and with the help of their teachers and parents, give examples of different kinds of taxes (e.g., property, sales, or income taxes). (E)
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Standard 3.8.
3.9.
Concepts and Skills: Economics: Define specialization in jobs and businesses and give examples of specialized businesses in the community. (E)
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Standard 3.9.
3.10.
Concepts and Skills: Economics: Define barter, give examples of bartering (e.g., trading baseball cards with each other), and explain how money makes it easier for people to get things they want. (E)
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Standard 3.10.
3.11.
Learning Standards: New England and Massachusetts: On a map of the United States, locate the New England states (Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine) and the Atlantic Ocean. On a map of Massachusetts, locate major cities and towns, Cape Ann, Cape Cod, the Connecticut River, the Merrimack River, the Charles River, and the Berkshire Hills. (G)
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3.12.
Learning Standards: New England and Massachusetts: Identify the Wampanoags and their leaders at the time the Pilgrims arrived, and describe their way of life. (H, G)
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Standard 3.12.
3.13.
Learning Standards: New England and Massachusetts: Identify who the Pilgrims were and explain why they left Europe to seek religious freedom; describe their journey and their early years in the Plymouth Colony (the purpose of the Mayflower Compact and its principles of self-government). (H, G, C, E)
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Standard 3.13.
3.14.
Learning Standards: New England and Massachusetts: Identify who the Pilgrims were and explain why they left Europe to seek religious freedom; describe their journey and their early years in the Plymouth Colony (challenges in settling in America). (H, G, C, E)
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Standard 3.14.
3.15.
Learning Standards: New England and Massachusetts: Identify who the Pilgrims were and explain why they left Europe to seek religious freedom; describe their journey and their early years in the Plymouth Colony (events leading to the first Thanksgiving). (H, G, C, E)
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Standard 3.15.
3.16.
Learning Standards: New England and Massachusetts: Explain how the Puritans and Pilgrims differed and identify early leaders in Massachusetts, such as John Winthrop; describe the daily life, education, and work of the Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. (H, E, C)
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Standard 3.16.
3.17.
Learning Standards: New England and Massachusetts: Explain important political, economic, and military developments leading to and during the American Revolution (the growth of town and cities in Massachusetts before the Revolution). (H, C)
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Standard 3.17.
3.18.
Learning Standards: New England and Massachusetts: Explain important political, economic, and military developments leading to and during the American Revolution (the Boston Tea Party). (H, C)
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Standard 3.18.
3.19.
Learning Standards: New England and Massachusetts: Explain important political, economic, and military developments leading to and during the American Revolution (the beginning of the Revolution at Lexington and Concord). (H, C)
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Standard 3.19.
3.20.
Learning Standards: New England and Massachusetts: Explain important political, economic, and military developments leading to and during the American Revolution (the Battle of Bunker Hill). (H, C)
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Standard 3.20.
3.21.
Learning Standards: New England and Massachusetts: Explain important political, economic, and military developments leading to and during the American Revolution (Revolutionary leaders such as John Adams, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Paul Revere). (H, C)
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Standard 3.21.
3.22.
Learning Standards: New England and Massachusetts: Identify the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights as key American documents. (C)
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Standard 3.22.
3.23.
Learning Standards: New England and Massachusetts: After reading a biography of a person from Massachusetts in one of the following categories, summarize the person's life and achievements (science and technology (e.g., Alexander Graham Bell, Nathaniel Bowditch, Robert Goddard, John Hayes Hammond, Edwin Land, Samuel Morse)). (H, C)
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Standard 3.23.
3.24.
Learning Standards: New England and Massachusetts: After reading a biography of a person from Massachusetts in one of the following categories, summarize the person's life and achievements (the arts (e.g., Henry Adams, Louisa May Alcott, John Singleton Copley, Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Theodore Geisel, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Frederick Law Olmsted, Norman Rockwell, Henry David Thoreau, Phyllis Wheatley)). (H, C)
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Standard 3.24.
3.25.
Learning Standards: New England and Massachusetts: After reading a biography of a person from Massachusetts in one of the following categories, summarize the person's life and achievements (business (e.g., William Filene, Amos Lawrence, Francis Cabot Lowell, An Wang)). (H, C)
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Standard 3.25.
3.26.
Learning Standards: New England and Massachusetts: After reading a biography of a person from Massachusetts in one of the following categories, summarize the person's life and achievements (education, journalism, and health (e.g., Clara Barton, Horace Mann, William Monroe Trotter)). (H, C)
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Standard 3.26.
3.27.
Learning Standards: New England and Massachusetts: After reading a biography of a person from Massachusetts in one of the following categories, summarize the person's life and achievements (political leadership (e.g., John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Susan B. Anthony, Edward Brooke, Benjamin Franklin, John F. Kennedy, Paul Revere)). (H, C)
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3.28.
Learning Standards: Cities and Towns of Massachusetts: On a map of Massachusetts, locate the class's home town or city and its local geographic features and landmarks. (G)
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Standard 3.28.
3.29.
Learning Standards: Cities and Towns of Massachusetts: Identify historic buildings, monuments, or sites in the area and explain their purpose and significance. (H, C)
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Standard 3.29.
3.30.
Learning Standards: Cities and Towns of Massachusetts: Explain the meaning of the stars and stripes in the American flag, and describe official procedures for the care and display of the flag. (C)
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Standard 3.30.
3.31.
Learning Standards: Cities and Towns of Massachusetts: Identify when the students' own town or city was founded, and describe the different groups of people who have settled in the community since its founding. (H, G)
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Standard 3.31.
3.32.
Learning Standards: Cities and Towns of Massachusetts: Explain how objects or artifacts of everyday life in the past tell us how ordinary people lived and how everyday life has changed. Draw on the services of the local historical society and local museums as needed. (H, G, E)
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Standard 3.32.
3.33.
Learning Standards: Cities and Towns of Massachusetts: Give examples of goods and services provided by their local businesses and industries. (E)
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Standard 3.33.
3.34.
Learning Standards: Cities and Towns of Massachusetts: Give examples of tax-supported facilities and services provided by their local government, such as public schools, parks, recreational facilities, police and fire departments, and libraries. (E)
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Standard 3.34.