AISL Grade 3 Benchmarks in Social Studies

(Revised June, 2010)

• AISL.SST.01 HISTORY: Students will understand patterns of change and continuity, relationships between people and events through time, and the causes and effects of interaction among societies.
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• AISL.SST.01.G3.01 Understand how early settlements began and expanded over time.
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• AISL.SST.01.G3.02 Understand how a calendar and time lines record history.
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• AISL.SST.01.G3.03 Create a personal time-line that shows key events in a student’s life.
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• AISL.SST.01.G3.04 Identify key figures that have influenced the course of history in Lesotho.
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• AISL.SST.01.G3.05 Understand how Lesotho became a nation.
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• AISL.SST.02 GEOGRAPHY: Students will understand the concepts of geography and how they contribute to the interaction between humans and natural and man-made environments.
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• AISL.SST.02.G3.01 Recognize land forms.
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• AISL.SST.02.G3.02 Identify the seven continents and four oceans on earth.
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• AISL.SST.02.G3.03 Find a route on a map.
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• AISL.SST.02.G3.04 Identify and use the terms: Longitude, equator, Latitude, continent and landform.
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• AISL.SST.03 CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT: Students will understand why societies create and adopt systems of government and how these systems address human needs, rights, and citizen responsibilities.
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• AISL.SST.03.G3.01 Identify key factors necessary to demonstrate good citizenship.
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• AISL.SST.03.G3.02 Understand that communities need a government to function properly.
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• AISL.SST.03.G3.03 Understand the different areas of government.
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• AISL.SST.03.G3.04 Identify several ways in which communities change and develop.
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• AISL.SST.03.G3.05 Understand that a community is made up of many different people.
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• AISL.SST.03.G3.06 Understand that laws and rules are initiated and enforced for a community’s benefit.
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• AISL.SST.04 CULTURE: Students will understand cultural and intellectual developments and interactions among and within societies
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• AISL.SST.04.G3.01 Realize that family customs and traditions differ in each community.
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• AISL.SST.04.G3.02 Recognize differences in various families and cultures including Lesotho.
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• AISL.SST.05 ECONOMICS: Students will understand fundamental economic principles and ways in which economies are shaped by geographic and human factors
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• AISL.SST.05.G3.01 Understand the uses of money including savings, income and budgeting.
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• AISL.SST.05.G3.02 Identify the differences between a consumer and producer and how they relate to each other.
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• AISL.SST.05.G3.03 Identify goods and services provided in different types of communities.
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• AISL.SST.06 CURRENT EVENTS: Students will understand and analyze major issues and events while tracing their historical foundation.
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• AISL.SST.06.G3.01 Identify and analyze major events (in school, home, community, or world wide) and how they impact people.