Grade 3 · Social Studies · Unit 8 of 8
Giving & Volunteering
How donations and volunteers help the community.
What your child practises
Charitable giving and volunteering: how time, skills and donations help people and animals in our community.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: charitable giving and volunteerism · how charity and volunteering help communities
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which action helps a community most?
🌟- only one person doing it all
- everyone doing a little to help
- complaining
- no one helping
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everyone doing a little to help
Hint: Many small acts add up.
Question 2
Which person is a volunteer?
⚽- a bank worker
- a parent who coaches a team for free
- a store clerk paid by the hour
- a taxi driver paid by the trip
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a parent who coaches a team for free
Hint: Volunteers are not paid for helping.
Question 3
Why is it nice to give without asking for something back?
💞- it costs money only
- it is silly
- it shows you care about others
- it hurts people
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it shows you care about others
Hint: Kindness is its own reward.
Question 4
Which is a way to give to a food bank?
🥫- throw it away
- hide it
- eat it all
- donate canned food
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donate canned food
Hint: Food banks give food to families who need it.
Question 5
A donation is…
🎁- a gift of money, time or things to help others
- a sale
- a toy swap
- a test
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a gift of money, time or things to help others
Hint: People donate to food banks, shelters and charities.
Question 6
Why do charities often depend on volunteers?
🤝- volunteers are paid a lot
- volunteers let more of the money go to the cause
- charities have no goals
- volunteers are never needed
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volunteers let more of the money go to the cause
Hint: Volunteers help charities save money.