Social Studies · Quarter 1 Review · Weeks 1–9 · 20–30 min

Scoring Guide: Quarter 1 Review: Social Studies

34 points total

Part 1: Communities & Community Types

8 points

Read each question. Circle or write your answer.

1.
A town opens a new community center where clubs meet and neighbors hold parties. Which community need does it meet best?
(2 pts)
Answer: gathering
2.
Pick one helper: a crossing guard or a doctor. Tell which community need the helper meets. Then tell one thing that would be harder for the community without that helper.
(2 pts)
Answer: Answers vary. Look for: crossing guard, safety (children could not cross busy streets safely); or doctor, health (sick or hurt people could not get care nearby).
3.
From her front porch, Nora sees a barn, pastures and a gravel road, and no other houses. Roosters wake her each morning. What type of community does Nora live in?
(2 pts)
Answer: rural
4.
A family moves from a farm to an apartment in a big city. Name one thing that may be easier for them in the city and one thing that may be harder.
(2 pts)
Answer: Answers vary. Look for: easier, such as stores, doctors, jobs, buses or trains close by, or more things to do; harder, such as more noise, crowds, less open space, no room for animals or a big garden.

Scoring: 2 points for each correct choice. Item 2: 1 point for the matching need and 1 point for something that would be harder. Item 4: 1 point for something easier and 1 point for something harder, each fitting city life.

Reteach if needed: Week 1, Week 2. Week 1 Days 3–4 (community needs, helpers and how their work helps everyone) and Week 2 Days 1–4 (sorting urban, suburban and rural communities; pros and cons of each).

Part 2: Maps, Land & Resources

9 points

Read the map box together. Use it to answer items 5–7. Then answer items 8 and 9.

5.
What does the boat symbol stand for? Which part of a map tells you what a symbol means?
(2 pts)
Answer: a boat dock; the key (also accept legend)
6.
How many real miles is it from the ranger station to the boat dock? Show your thinking.
(2 pts)
Answer: 12 miles (6 inches × 2 miles = 12 miles, or count by twos six times: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12).
7.
A hiker stands on top of Lookout Hill. In which direction should she walk to reach the ranger station?
(2 pts)
Answer: southeast
8.
A hiker stands on low land with mountains rising on both sides. Which landform is she standing in?
(1 pt)
Answer: a valley
9.
A region has flat land, rich soil and a long, warm growing season. What kind of work would many people there most likely do? Name one natural resource that makes this work possible.
(2 pts)
Answer: Farming (growing crops). Look for one natural resource: rich soil (also accept flat land, water or sunshine).

Scoring: Item 5: 1 point for the boat dock and 1 point for the key. Item 6: 1 point for 12 miles and 1 point for the thinking (multiplying or counting by twos). Item 7: 2 points for southeast; 1 point for "south" or "east" alone. Item 8: 1 point. Item 9: 1 point for farming and 1 point for a natural resource that fits.

Reteach if needed: Week 3, Week 4. Week 3 Days 2–4 (map key, cardinal and in-between directions, map scale) and Week 4 Days 1, 3 and 4 (landforms, climate and how people live, natural resources).

Part 3: Native Nations, Past and Present

8 points

Read both sources together. Use them to answer items 10–12. You may look back as often as you like.

10.
Copy a few words from either source that show the Zuni people are a living nation today.
(2 pts)
Answer: Answers vary. Look for: "they still farm there today," "Today I visited," or another part written about the present, such as "Elders were showing children."
11.
The Southwest gets very little rain. Use Source A. Tell two ways the walls of a waffle garden help plants grow there.
(2 pts)
Answer: The walls hold water near the roots, and they block the hot, drying wind.
12.
Claim question: Is knowledge about caring for the land passed down in the Zuni community? Write a claim. Give two pieces of evidence, and tell which source each one came from.
(4 pts)
Answer: Answers vary. Look for a claim such as "Yes, Zuni people pass down what they know about farming dry land," plus two pieces of evidence: the Zuni have farmed in the Southwest for a very long time and still do (Source A); elders were showing children how to shape the walls (Source B); a grandmother learned from her own grandmother (Source B).

Scoring: Item 10: 2 points for words about the present; 1 point for a true answer in the child's own words that copies nothing. Item 11: 1 point for each way (up to 2). Item 12: 1 point for a clear claim, 1 point for each piece of evidence from the sources (up to 2), and 1 point for naming the source of the evidence.

Reteach if needed: Week 6. Week 6 Days 2–4 (how Native nations use the land to meet needs, how land knowledge is passed down over generations, Native nations today).

Part 4: Newcomers & How Towns Begin

9 points

Answer items 13 and 14. Then read the timeline chart together and use it for items 15 and 16.

13.
Three people arrived in North America in the 1600s. Which one did NOT choose to come?
(2 pts)
Answer: an African man who was captured and sold into slavery
14.
A settler family builds a fence around a meadow to keep its cows in. A Native family has gathered berries in that meadow for many generations. Tell how each family might see the fence. Then tell why they see it differently.
(3 pts)
Answer: Answers vary. Look for: the settler family sees the fence as useful or fair because it keeps their cows safe on land they think is theirs; the Native family sees it as a loss because it shuts them out of a place they have always used for food; they see it differently because each family needs and uses the land in a different way.
15.
Use the chart. Give one reason the river crossing was a good place to start a town.
(2 pts)
Answer: Answers vary. Look for: travelers and wagons already crossed the river there, so a store could sell to them; or the river gave water and a way to travel.
16.
Use the chart. Name one thing at Alder Crossing that changed and one thing that stayed the same.
(2 pts)
Answer: Answers vary. Look for: changed, such as a bridge replaced the ferry, or the ferry landing became a park; stayed the same, such as the river is still there, people still cross the river at that spot, or the Native nation still lives in the region.

Scoring: Item 13: 2 points. Item 14: 1 point for each family's point of view (up to 2) and 1 point for a reason they differ. Item 15: 2 points for a reason that comes from the chart or from geography; 1 point for a vague answer like "it was nice." Item 16: 1 point for a change and 1 point for something that stayed the same.

Reteach if needed: Week 7, Week 8. Week 7 Days 1–3 (why people came, including people who did not choose to come; cooperation and conflict from more than one point of view; how settlements grew) and Week 8 Days 1, 3 and 4 (founding, how geography decides where towns begin, then and now).

Score box

Part	Points earned	Possible
1. Communities & Community Types		8
2. Maps, Land & Resources		9
3. Native Nations, Past and Present		8
4. Newcomers & How Towns Begin		9
Total		34

Level: Enter points to see the level.

D · Developing: 0–16
A · Approaching: 17–23
P · Proficient: 24–30
E · Exceeding: 31–34