Riding the Rails West (Unit 3 Week 5)

Based off information in the passage, you could say that laying tracks was:

• Easy work

• Difficult work

• Not a problem

• Fairly simple

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CCSS.RL.3.2

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Based off your answer from number one, choose a sentence that gives evidence for your answer.

• The new railroad made emigration from East to West easier.

• Trains make less air pollution than cars, and they don’t cause traffic jams.

• Workers had to be capable of working long hours in cold, heat, and storms.

• Trains also carried mail and goods as cities grew along the railroad’s route.

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CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

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Which two sentences would the author agree with?

• Trains are an important part of the country.

• Trains are only important in certain parts of the country.

• Trains made emigration across America a lot easier.

• Trains are too loud and cause a lot of headaches for people

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CCSS.RI.2.6

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Based off the passage, what would happen if there were no trains to carry coal? Select all that apply.

• Some homes wouldn’t be able to get heat.

• Nothing would happen, coal isn’t important.

• Factories would have to close.

• Trains would no longer exist.

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

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Why is the illustration at the bottom of page 274 important?

• It shows people working hard on the railroad.

• It shows a train crash and the people working to clean it up.

• It was the first photo of a train that was ever taken.

• It shows when the two tracks met and people shook hands.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What things do people use trains for according to the text? Select all that apply.

• Walking

• Traveling

• Sending goods

• Eating

• Painting

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CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

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CCSS.RL.4.2

What is the MAIN IDEA of the entire story?

• Trains are the only way of sending coal across the country.

• Trains are only important to the people who use them.

• Trains are an important part of American history and our lives today.

• The Transcontinental Railroad was joined at Promontory Point, Utah.

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CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What section tells us that the train trip across the country took nine days?

• Trains Keep Us Moving

• Building a Railroad

• A Faster Way to Go

• Introduction

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CCSS.RI.1.5

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CCSS.RI.K.5

In your opinion, are railroads important to society? Why or why not?

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CCSS.RL.3.1

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CCSS.RI.3.1

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