Third grade social studies

IXL offers dozens of third grade social studies skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalized Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, state standards, or standardized test.

IXL offers dozens of third grade social studies skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalized Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, state standards, or standardized test.

A. Geography

1
Read a letter-number grid

2
Use a letter-number grid

3
Read a map: cardinal directions

4
Identify oceans and continents

5
Select oceans and continents

6
Name oceans and continents

7
Introduction to Earth's land features

8
Identify Earth's land features using photographs

9
Major U.S. cities

10
Identify urban, suburban, and rural areas

11
Compare urban, suburban, and rural areas

B. States

1
Identify states of the West

2
Select states of the West

3
Name states of the West

4
Identify states of the Midwest

5
Select states of the Midwest

6
Name states of the Midwest

7
Identify states of the Southeast

8
Select states of the Southeast

9
Name states of the Southeast

10
Identify states of the Northeast

11
Select states of the Northeast

12
Name states of the Northeast

13
Identify the 50 states

14
Select the 50 states

15
Name the 50 states

C. State capitals

1
Identify state capitals of the West

2
Name state capitals of the West

3
Identify state capitals of the Midwest

4
Name state capitals of the Midwest

5
Identify state capitals of the Southeast

6
Name state capitals of the Southeast

7
Identify state capitals of the Northeast

8
Name state capitals of the Northeast

9
Identify the 50 state capitals

10
Name the 50 state capitals

D. Historical figures

1
Benjamin Franklin

2
Paul Revere

3
Thomas Jefferson

4
Davy Crockett

5
John Deere

6
Abraham Lincoln

7
Frederick Douglass

8
Susan B. Anthony

9
Harriet Tubman

10
Sitting Bull

11
Thomas Edison

12
Theodore Roosevelt

13
George Washington Carver

14
Amelia Earhart

15
Thurgood Marshall

16
Rosa Parks

17
Jackie Robinson

18
Cesar Chavez

19
Martin Luther King Jr.

20
Neil Armstrong

21
Bill Gates

E. Government

1
Purpose of government

2
Local government

3
State government

4
Federal government

5
The Constitution

6
The Bill of Rights

7
Checks and balances

8
Presidential elections

F. American symbols, landmarks, and monuments

1
Identify American symbols

2
Identify American landmarks and monuments: part I

3
Identify American landmarks and monuments: part II

4
The American flag

5
The White House

6
The Washington Monument

7
The Lincoln Memorial

8
The Statue of Liberty

9
The Empire State Building

10
The Golden Gate Bridge

11
Mount Rushmore

G. Cultural celebrations

1
Día de los Muertos

2
Thanksgiving

3
Hanukkah

4
Rosh Hashanah

5
Kwanzaa

6
Christmas

7
Easter

8
Lunar New Year

9
Ramadan

10
Holi

H. Basic economic principles

1
What is economics?

2
Scarcity and choices

3
Natural resources

4
Goods and services

5
Producers and consumers

I. Supply and demand

1
Understand quantity supplied and quantity demanded

2
Understand overall supply and demand

3
Create and use supply and demand curves

4
Identify shortage and surplus

5
Identify shortage and surplus with graphs

6
Identify shortage and surplus with data

J. Social studies skills

1
Identify facts and opinions