3rd grade · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 9
Money, Taxes & Voting
Resources, choices and taking part
What your child practices
Natural, human and capital resources, what is made locally and elsewhere, trade-offs and opportunity cost, how taxes pay for services, and how citizens vote and take part.
California Content Standards learning standard: 3.5.1; 3.5.2; 3.5.3; 3.4.2 · how local producers use resources, goods made near and far, trade-offs, and how citizens take part in government
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
A benefit of working together is…
- more arguing
- getting more done
- less fun
getting more done
Hint: Teams can do big jobs.
Question 2
How can people learn about an issue before they vote?
- guess
- read, listen and discuss
- ask a pet
read, listen and discuss
Hint: Informed citizens learn first.
Question 3
A phone made in another country and sold here is…
- grown on a farm
- made locally
- made elsewhere and traded
- a service
made elsewhere and traded
Hint: Many goods come from far away.
Question 4
Machines and tools used to make goods are…
- natural resources
- physical capital
- human capital
physical capital
Hint: Physical capital is made by people to make other things.
Question 5
Doing your best in school now can help you later get…
- no skills
- a job you want
- fewer choices
- less pay
a job you want
Hint: Learning builds skills.
Question 6
A fine for littering is a…
- negative incentive
- positive incentive
- profit
negative incentive
Hint: Penalties discourage actions.