Kamico 1: The American Red Cross

Which belongs in the blank?

• Red Cross volunteers help people when there is a disaster.

• Red Cross volunteers help people by teaching.

• Red Cross volunteers help people during wars.

• Many people want to be volunteers for the Red Cross.

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Look at the web page. To find out about a big fire that just burned many homes, you would -

• click on the button labeled "Disaster News."

• send money to the Kids for Kids Network

• type "disasters" on your computer keyboard

• click on the button labeled "Spread the Word."

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Which of the following best completes the summary?

• It was started by Clara Barton. She wanted to help people. she helped during ear and other hard times, like floods, fires, and earthquakes. The group depends on volunteers to help. The Red Cross has helped people during disasters such as World War I and II and earthquakes in San Francisco and Haiti. The Red Cross helps by giving food and money, collecting blood, and teaching. Even children can help the Red Cross help people.

• One type of disaster the Red Cross helps with is earthquake. For example, in 1906 Red Cross volunteers went to San Francisco. They wanted to help people after the earthquake there. Volunteers brought food and money. They also found places for people to live. Over a hundred years later, the American Red Cross helped again after an earthquake, this time in Haiti. Volunteers set up places for people to stay. They also brought food, water, and medicine to help people.

• Clara Barton began the Red Cross. She was a nurse who helped soldiers and other people during the American Civil War. Barton knew people needed help during hard times. After the Civil War, Barton traveled to other countries. She wanted to learn about other groups that helped people during wars. When she came back to the United States, she formed the Red Cross. However, she wanted the group to help people during war and all kinds of disasters.

• When people are faced with hard times, they often need help from others. The Red Cross provides this help by providing food, water, medicine, and training.

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What is an antonym for the word damage?

• heat

• help

• happiness

• harm

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What word is a homophone of the word raise?

• collect

• rise

• lift

• rays

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Look at the web page. What would be the best way to find out how to call or e-mail a worker for the Kids for Kids Network?

• Click on "Help Raise Money."

• Click on "Donate Money."

• Click on "Contact Us."

• Click on "Links."

From this story, you can tell some disasters are caused by people. Which sentence from the story best shows this?

• Earthquakes, fires, floods, and wars are all disasters.

• These disasters might be floods or tornadoes.

• One of the first disasters the Red Cross helped with was an earthquake.

• Red Cross doctors began collecting blood.

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Which of these belongs in the blank space?

• Clara Barton helped people during the Civil War.

• The Red Cross helped people after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

• Volunteers could give blood or other people when they were hurt.

• The Red Cross helped people during World War II.

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