3rd grade · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 9

Changemakers & Allies

People who took risks for freedom

What your child practices

Americans who took risks to secure freedoms, majority rule with respect for others, and using sources to learn about them.

California Content Standards learning standard: 3.4.6 · the lives of American heroes who took risks to secure our freedoms

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

Question 1
Some groups were once kept out of decisions in their town. This is called…
- an election
- inclusion
- exclusion
Question 2
Liberty, equality and justice are…
- natural resources
- kinds of maps
- democratic values
Question 3
In 1942, Minoru Yasui of Hood River went to court to challenge…
- the price of apples
- a new school lunch
- an unfair curfew for Japanese Americans
Question 4
An ally is someone who…
- speaks up or helps when someone is treated unfairly
- watches and does nothing
- joins in the teasing
Question 5
Why might two people describe the same event differently?
- events never really happen
- they have different identities and experiences
- one of them must be lying
Question 6
Harriet Tubman risked her life to lead people…
- into the army
- to the Moon
- out of slavery to freedom
- across the ocean