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Review: History and Communities Today

Recognize Native continuity, migration and historical evidence.

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Unit review questions
1. Use the notes and this card. A Native community develops a new educational project. Which choice best fits?
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  • Look for differences between Native nations, communities living today, a change over time or a claim wrongly treating everyone alike.
  • Find the note for Change. Check which words in this card match it.
2. Use the notes and this card. A fictional worker leaves because local work is unavailable. Which choice best fits?
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  • Look for moving, making a home, a reason to leave or a reason to choose the destination.
  • Find the note for Push factor. Check which words in this card match it.
3. Use the notes and this card. An old ledger lists purchases. Which choice best fits?
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  • Find whether the source is an object, a building, written words or a spoken account.
  • Find the note for Written record. Check which words in this card match it.
4. Use the notes and this card. A card dates the abolition amendment to 1865. Which choice best fits?
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  • Use the date and action in the card. Match them with the independence declaration, Constitution, abolition amendment or civil-rights law in the notes.
  • Find the note for Thirteenth Amendment in 1865. Check which words in this card match it.

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Make four small boxes for History and Communities Today, one for each lesson: Native Nations Are Diverse and Present; Migration and Settlement; Objects Buildings and Written Records; Revolution Constitution and Civil Rights in Order. In each box, choose one supplied card and explain its match using the notes. Compare two of your cards: what makes their matches different? You may draw or tell an adult your answers; the adult can write them for you. Use the lesson cards; you do not need a purchase, interview, personal record or trip. For the adult helping: keep the fictional examples and historical notes distinct; these short cards do not tell every detail about a person or place.

Work on paper or in your own document. Explain the choices you made.

  • Choose one supplied card from each lesson: Native Nations Are Diverse and Present; Migration and Settlement; Objects Buildings and Written Records; Revolution Constitution and Civil Rights in Order.
  • Use the notes to name each match and explain its clue.
  • Compare two cards and say or show how their clues differ.
  • Keep the events and details as written; do not make up a quotation or new event.
  • With an adult, name one question the cards do not answer.
Compare with a model response

Native Nations Are Diverse and Present: The card says: “Two named Native nations have different languages.” That matches Diversity. Diversity is differences among Native nations and communities. Compare: The card says: “A Native nation operates institutions today.” That matches Continuity. Continuity is Native communities and identities continuing into the present. Migration and Settlement: The card says: “A fictional family moves from one region to another.” That matches Migration. Migration is movement from one place to another. Compare: The card says: “A fictional family makes a home after arriving.” That matches Settlement. Settlement is establishing a home or community in a place. Objects Buildings and Written Records: The card says: “A museum preserves a historical cooking pot.” That matches Artifact. Artifact is a physical object made or used by people. Compare: The card says: “A researcher examines an old schoolhouse.” That matches Building. Building is a structure that can be studied for historical use. Revolution Constitution and Civil Rights in Order: The card says: “A card dates the independence announcement to 1776.” That matches Declaration in 1776. Declaration in 1776 is the announcement of independence from Britain. Compare: The card says: “A card describes the 1787 constitutional convention document.” That matches Constitution in 1787. Constitution in 1787 is the document drafted to establish the federal government’s framework. Adult checking note: This model uses the supplied lesson cards and notes. It does not describe every person, community or place. Answering a new question would need a matching source or a new observation.

A different response can also meet the criteria. Compare the evidence and reasoning, rather than copying the wording.