5th Grade Studies Weekly Unit 1 Week 3 Assessment

Which sources are credible? Select all that apply.

• an updated blog post

• an article written in 1962

• a biography written by a historian

• an image posted on social media

Read the passage from a Studies Weekly article

During the 1940s and 1950s, before electronic computers, the

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) hired

mathematicians to solve problems and make important calculations. …

These people were referred to as human computers.

The passage is from a primary resource.

• True

• False

Read the passage from a Studies Weekly article.

Three Regiments were in yesterday afternoon and make a long

line of people, who with their glittering bayonets under the rays

of the shining sun, accompanied by their Bands, or marshal music,

and the heavy and steady tramp of three thousand men …

The passage is from a primary resource.

• True

• False

Finding evidence from multiple sources is _____________.

• corroboration

• analysis

• evaluation

• close reading

Identify the thesis statement.

• The deep harbor allowed easy access for ships.

• Bananas are best when almost, but not quite, ripe.

• Drink sizes should be smaller because soda is unhealthy.

• Benjamin Franklin was the first Postmaster General of the U.S.

Identify the compelling question.

• Which missions did the Jesuits build?

• When was the great San Francisco fire?

• Where did most immigrants enter the U.S.?

• Why did many Chinese settle in California?

A book from 1984 about what computer to buy is a credible source.

• True

• False

Read the passage. … we are under marching orders for tomorrow morning

at 3.30, and I do not know when I shall have an opportunity of writing again.

Our destination is unknown to your humble servant. I do not know of any

regiment in the service which has been moved about quite as much…”

What is the intent of this passage?

Which term means to determine which information is most useful?

• analyze

• corroborate

• evaluate

• identify

Explain how you do a close reading of a text.