Selinsgrove Area Intermediate School

Third Grade

Social Studies

The emphasis in third grade is on developing a sense of community. The child will learn to compare and contrast rural, suburban, and urban communities. They will be able to describe the customs, culture, and traditions of Native Americans, colonists, and pioneers. They will be able to identify the relationship between natural resources and economic development of a community as well as the importance of conserving these natural resources. They will compare and contrast the problems faced in world communities (population, pollution, transportation, crime, and economics). They are introduced to a variety of techniques for organizing information such as Venn diagrams, flow charts, graphs, and charts.

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