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Review: Things We Need and Work We Do

Name needs and recognize how work helps people.

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Unit review questions
1. Use the notes and this card. A roof protects people from a storm. Which choice best fits?
Need a hint?
  • Look for food to eat, water to drink, protection from weather or an extra thing someone wants.
  • Find the note for Shelter. Check which words in this card match it.
2. Use the notes and this card. A worker builds a wall from bricks. Which choice best fits?
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  • Look at the worker’s task: growing food, baking bread, building or driving a bus.
  • Find the note for Builder. Check which words in this card match it.
3. Use the notes and this card. A worker carefully measures a board. Which choice best fits?
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  • Look for material from nature, a tool, a person’s work or a finished object.
  • Find the note for Human effort. Check which words in this card match it.
4. Use the notes and this card. A learner could build blocks but chooses reading. Which choice best fits?
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  • Find the time available, the activity picked, another possible activity or the time left.
  • Find the note for Alternative. Check which words in this card match it.

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Make four small boxes for Things We Need and Work We Do, one for each lesson: Needs and Extra Choices; People Make and Help; Resources We Use; Only So Much Time. 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: Needs and Extra Choices; People Make and Help; Resources We Use; Only So Much Time.
  • 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

Needs and Extra Choices: The card says: “A fictional meal includes rice and beans.” That matches Food. Food is something eaten to nourish the body. Compare: The card says: “A fictional person drinks clean water.” That matches Water. Water is a drink needed by the body. People Make and Help: The card says: “A fictional worker tends tomato plants for food.” That matches Grower. Grower is a worker who raises crops. Compare: The card says: “A fictional worker mixes and bakes loaves.” That matches Baker. Baker is a worker who makes bread or similar baked food. Resources We Use: The card says: “A fictional craft uses wood from a tree.” That matches Natural material. Natural material is a material from the environment. Compare: The card says: “A fictional carpenter uses a hammer.” That matches Tool. Tool is a made object used to do work. Only So Much Time: The card says: “A fictional group has ten minutes before cleanup.” That matches Time available. Time available is the total time the stated plan can use. Compare: The card says: “A fictional group decides to draw during its ten minutes.” That matches Chosen activity. Chosen activity is the activity selected for the stated period. 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.

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