Chapter 1

Read each question. Choose the best answer. Look at the graphic organizer. Then answer the question. Which of the following best completes the graphic organizer to show how the past and the present are similar?

• played outside

• took fast trains

• used a smartphone

• had a remote control

Look at the graphic organizer. Then answer the question. Which of the following words are in the correct order to show sequence?

• next, finally, first

• finally, first, next

• first, next, finally

• first, finally, next

A timeline is used to show __________.

• why things happen

• the order in which events happen

• how people in a family are related

• how things are similar and different

How can you learn about how life changes over time?

• interview older family members

• take photographs of things around you

• play computer games with your friends

• ask your parents to take you to the park

What does this picture tell us about the past?

• Clothes were made at home.

• People did not work together.

• People use machines to make clothes today.

• It is easy to make clothes if everyone works together.

How does this picture compare to a child’s life today?

• Children today work long hours outside the house.

• Children work harder at home today than in the past.

• Children today help their parents but in different ways.

• Children still do all chores by hand, such as washing clothes and dishes.

How is life similar and different today compared to the past as shown in the photograph?

• Life today is completely different with no similarities.

• Life today has some similarities but many differences.

• Life today is exactly the same as in the past.

• Life today has more similarities than differences.

Why is your family important to you?

• They provide support and love.

• They are not important.

• They are just people I know.

• I don't have a family.

Which of the following is a primary source?

• oral history

• science book

• letter

• history report

• photograph