Pennsylvania Department of Education Standards Aligned System

Subject Area - 1: Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening

Standard Area - 1.3: Reading, Analyzing, and Interpreting Literature Fiction and Non-Fiction
Grade Level - 1.3.3: GRADE 3
Standard - 1.3.3.A: Read, understand, and respond to works
from various genres of literature.
Assessment Anchor - R3.A.2: Understand nonfiction
appropriate to grade level.
Anchor Descriptor - R3.A.2.5: Summarize a
nonfictional text as a whole.
Eligible Content - R3.A.2.5.1: Summarize
the major points, processes, and/or events
of a nonfictional text as a whole.
Anchor Descriptor - R3.A.2.3: Make inferences
and draw conclusions based on text.
Eligible Content - R3.A.2.3.1: Make
inferences and/or draw conclusions based
on information from text.
Subject Area 2: Mathematics
Standard Area 2.6: Statistics and Data Analysis
Grade Level 2.6.3: GRADE 3
Standard 2.6.3.B: Organize and display data using pictures,
tallies, charts, bar graphs and pictographs.
Subject Area 6: Economics
Standard Area 6.2: Scarcity and Choice
Grade Level 6.2.3: GRADE 3
Standard 6.2.3.A: Identify goods, services, consumers, and
producers in the local community.
Subject Area 6: Economics
Standard Area 6.2: Scarcity and Choice
Grade Level 6.2.3: GRADE 3
Standard 6.1.3.B: Identify needs and wants of people. Identify
examples of natural, human, and capital resources.
Subject Area 6: Economics
Standard Area 6.2: Scarcity and Choice
Grade Level 6.2.3: GRADE 3
Standard 6.2.3.G: Identify characteristics of the local economy.
Subject Area 7: Geography
Standard Area 7.1: Basic Geographic Literacy
Grade Level 7.1.3: GRADE 3
Standard 7.1.3.A: Identify how basic geographic tools are used

Lesson #2
Lesson #3

Lesson #10

Lesson #10

Lesson #11

Lesson #10

Lesson #9
Lesson #11

to organize and interpret information about people, places

and environment.
Subject Area 7: Geography
Standard Area 7.1: Basic Geographic Literacy
Grade Level 7.1.3: GRADE 3
Standard 7.1.3.B: Identify and locate places and regions as
defined by physical and human features.
Subject Area 7: Geography
Standard Area 7.2: Physical Characteristics of Places and Regions
Grade Level 7.1.3: GRADE 3
Standard 7.1.3.A: Identify the physical characteristics of
places and regions.
Subject Area 7: Geography
Standard Area 7.3: Human Characteristics of Places and Regions
Grade Level 7.3.3: GRADE 3
Standard 7.3.3.A: Identify the human characteristics of places
and regions using the following criteria: Population, Culture,
Settlement, Economic activities, & Political activities
Subject Area 7: Geography
Standard Area 7.4: Interactions Between People and the Environment
Grade Level 7.4.3: GRADE 3
Standard 7.4.3.B: Identify the effect of people on the physical
systems within a community.
Subject Area 8: History
Standard Area 8.1: Historical Analysis and Skills Development
Grade Level 8.1.3: GRADE 3
Standard 8.1.3.A: Identify the difference between past, present
and future using timelines and/or other graphic representations.
Subject Area 8: History
Standard Area 8.1: Historical Analysis and Skills Development
Grade Level 8.1.3: GRADE 3
Standard 8.1.3.B: Identify fact, opinion, multiple points of
view, and primary sources as related to historical events.
Subject Area 8: History
Standard Area 8.1: Historical Analysis and Skills Development
Grade Level 8.1.3: GRADE 3
Standard 8.1.3.D: Conduct teacher guided inquiry about on
assigned topics using specific historical sources.
Subject Area - 8: History
Standard Area - 8.2: Pennsylvania History
Grade Level - 8.1.3: GRADE 3
Standard 8.2.3.C: Identify and describe how continuity and
change have impacted Pennsylvania history.

Lesson #2
Lesson #3

Lesson #2
Lesson #3

Lesson #11
Lesson #13

Lesson #5
Lesson #14

Lesson #12

Lesson #4

Lesson #1

Lesson #9

Subject Area 8: History

Standard Area 8.3: United States History
Grade Level 8.3.3: GRADE 3
Standard 8.3.3. A: Identify and describe the social, political,
cultural, and economic contributions of individuals and groups
in United States history.
Subject Area 8: History
Standard Area 8.3: United States History
Grade Level 8.3.3: GRADE 3
Standard 8.3.3.B: Identify and describe historical documents,
artifacts, and places critical to United States history.
Subject Area 8: History
Standard Area 8.3: United States History
Grade Level 8.3.3: GRADE 3
Standard 8.3.3.C: Identify and describe how continuity and
change have impacted U.S. history.
Subject Area 8: History
Standard Area 8.4: World History
Grade Level 8.3.3: GRADE 3
Standard 8.4.3.A: Identify the elements of culture and
ethnicity.
Subject Area 8: History
Standard Area 8.4: World History
Grade Level 8.3.3: GRADE 3
Standard 8.4.3.D: Identify conflict and cooperation among
groups and organizations from around the world.

Lesson #6
Lesson #7
Lesson #8

Lesson #1
Lesson #4
Lesson #5
Lesson #10
Lesson #8

Lesson #8

Lesson #12