3rd grade · Social Studies · Unit 8 of 9
How Our Community Began
Explorers, settlers and change
What your child practices
The explorers and settlers who came to California, why towns started where they did, the economies settlers built, primary and secondary sources, and how communities change over time.
California Content Standards learning standard: 3.3.1; 3.3.2; 3.3.3 · explorers, newcomers and settlers, the economies settlers established, and why the community was founded and how it changed
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
The Gold Rush brought many newcomers to California in…
- 1849
- 1949
- 1700
- 2010
1849
Hint: They were called forty-niners.
Question 2
Which is a secondary source?
- a photo from 1900
- a book written today about the town's history
- an old diary
- a letter from 1890
a book written today about the town's history
Hint: Secondary sources are written later.
Question 3
Chinese immigrants helped build California by…
- sailing to the Moon
- closing schools
- building airplanes in 1850
- working on railroads, farms and in mines
working on railroads, farms and in mines
Hint: Many came in the 1850s and 1860s.
Question 4
Long ago, families came to California from…
- the Moon
- only one country
- nowhere
- many places around the world
many places around the world
Hint: California has always welcomed newcomers.
Question 5
Which is a primary source about your town long ago?
- a movie made last year about dragons
- an old photo of Main Street
- a cartoon
- a video game
an old photo of Main Street
Hint: Primary sources come from the time.
Question 6
Which change happened as towns grew?
- Schools disappeared
- Dirt roads became paved streets
- People stopped working
- Houses got smaller each year
Dirt roads became paved streets
Hint: Growth brings new roads.