(1) The civics and government content standards for third grade are that each student will: 

(a) describe and identify the basic functions of local government, including tribal governments;

(b) recognize that civic participation involves remaining accurately informed about public issues, taking action, and voting in elections; and

(c) identify key symbols of nations.

(2) The economics content standards for third grade are that each student will:

(a) compare the benefits and costs of individual choices;

(b) identify examples of human and natural resources that are used to produce goods and services; and

(c) explain economic interdependence within historical and contemporary contexts.

(3) The geography content standards for third grade are that each student will:

(a) examine maps and other representations to identify historical and contemporary political and cultural patterns in the Americas;

(b) identify environmental and technological events and conditions and how humans and the environment impact each other; and

(c) identify landforms and other physical characteristics of the Americas.

(4) The history content standards for third grade are that each student will:

(a) identify tribes in Montana by their original and current names; and

(b) explain how perspective impacts the telling of historical events.