Indiana Social Studies 3.H.6

Social Studies3rd GradeHistory

The Standard

Use a variety of resources to gather information about your region’s communities and identify factors that make the region’s culture unique.

2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students use maps, photos, interviews, and local notices to learn about communities in their region. They use details from more than one source to explain how place, work, and traditions shape local culture.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can name communities in the region and describe a cultural feature, such as a food or celebration. They can point to source details that help explain how that feature developed.
Common Misconceptions: Students may assume one town's customs represent the whole region. They may also assume a festival happens only in their region or treat a flyer’s claim as fact without checking another source.
How to Assess It: Show a local event flyer and a photo of the event. Ask students to name one tradition, cite a detail from each source, and write one question they still have.

Lesson moves

Print a local map, two community photos, and an event flyer; have pairs sort clues into place, work, and traditions.
Ask: “What does this community photo tell us about local life, and what would you need another source to check?”
Play evidence match: students pair claims about local communities with clues from a map, photo, flyer, or short interview excerpt.
Open a local museum webpage and have students find a building, food, or celebration they could see in their community.

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