Texas Community Studies Weekly #5

Look in the section "What is a savings account?"

Which of these words means to take money out of an account?

• bank

• interest

• withdrawal

• deposit

What is a good?

• type of business

• income

• something the grows in a garden

• an allowance

Look in the section "Money Makes the World Go 'Round."

What word from the article means about the same thing as make money?

• employers

• earn

• employees

• business

Read the section "What is a savings account?"

What is the article mainly about?

• how important it is to save money

• why banks offer savings accounts

• how savings accounts work

• why saving money isn't necessary

Read the section "Communities Care for their Citizens."

Why did the author probably write this story?

• to show how communities take care of citizens

• to explain why police officers are needed

• to give reasons why communities must have schools

• to describe a good citizen

Read the section "Communities Care for their Citizens."

A firefighter would give medical care to an injured person because ________.

• firefighters are trained to fight fires

• firefighters work with paramedics

• firefighters risk their lives for people

• firefighters are trained to provide medical care

Read the section "Help a Rat and Help Run the Country This Year".

What is one way you can hlep Revere the Rat earn points?

• by reading more books about history

• by learning about the country and how it works

• you can share what you learn with your classmates and earn points

• just scan the codes to go to www.studiesweekly.com and click on his picture.

Read the section "A Need for Communities".

What do all communities have?

• oranges

• laws

• trucks

• farms

What can you infer about communities?

• Police officers are the only important officials in a community.

• Communities make it difficult to live in your city.

• Everyone has an important role that is dependent on one another.

• We don't need communities because we can get everything on our own.

Read the section "Communities Care for their Citizens".

How does paying taxes benefit the citizens of a community?

• Paying taxes pays for the traffic laws.

• Paying taxes helps you get an education.

• Paying taxes pays for our government leaders.

• Paying taxes helps the communities provide services.