Social Studies · Quarter 3 Review · Weeks 19–27 · 20–30 min

Scoring Guide: Quarter 3 Review: Social Studies

32 points total

Part 1: Local Government & the Three Branches

9 points

Read each question. Circle or write your answer.

1.
The town of Birchfield wants to keep its public pool open one hour later each day. Which level of government decides?
(2 pts)
Answer: local
2.
A council member proposes planting 20 trees on Main Street. Residents speak for and against the idea. Then the council votes 5 to 2 in favor. Which step of a local decision comes next? Give an example of what happens.
(2 pts)
Answer: Action. Look for an example, such as town workers buy and plant the trees.
3.
Write L for legislative, E for executive or J for judicial: (1) The Senate and the House vote on a bill about clean water. (2) The President signs the bill, and federal departments carry out the new law. (3) Judges decide a case about what the new law means.
(3 pts)
Answer: (1) L, (2) E, (3) J
4.
Congress passes a bill, but the President vetoes it. How does a veto show one branch checking another?
(2 pts)
Answer: Answers vary. Look for: the President (executive branch) can stop a bill that Congress (legislative branch) passed, so Congress cannot make laws all by itself and no one branch has all the power.

Scoring: Item 1: 2 points. Item 2: 1 point for "action" and 1 point for a fitting example. Item 3: 1 point for each correct letter. Item 4: 1 point for saying the President can stop or reject the bill and 1 point for the idea that power is shared or limited.

Reteach if needed: Week 19, Week 20. Week 19 Days 1 and 4 (what local government does, the four steps of a local decision) and Week 20 Days 1–4 (why there are three branches, Congress and bills, the President and the veto, the courts).

Part 2: Rights, Responsibilities & Voting

11 points

Answer items 5–7. Then read the vote chart together and use it for items 8 and 9.

5.
About fifty people meet on the courthouse steps and hold signs that ask for a cleaner river. No one is hurt and nothing is broken. Which First Amendment freedom are they using?
(2 pts)
Answer: freedom of assembly
6.
Sort these four: speaking your opinion, paying taxes, following laws, practicing your religion. Which two are rights? Which two are responsibilities?
(2 pts)
Answer: Rights: speaking your opinion and practicing your religion. Responsibilities: paying taxes and following laws.
7.
One flyer says, "Vote for Dana Cole! She is the nicest!" Another flyer says, "Dana Cole plans to fix three playgrounds this year." Which flyer helps a voter more? Tell why.
(2 pts)
Answer: The second flyer. It tells a plan that voters can compare with other candidates' plans and check; the first flyer gives only a feeling or opinion.
8.
Use the chart. How many Yes votes were there in all? How many No votes? Did the ballot measure pass?
(2 pts)
Answer: 33 Yes votes (14 + 8 + 11 = 33) and 31 No votes (9 + 12 + 10 = 31). Yes, it passed.
9.
Five more voters on River Side planned to vote No, but they stayed home. Would their votes have changed the result? Show your thinking. What does this tell you about voting?
(3 pts)
Answer: Yes. 31 + 5 = 36 No votes, and 36 is more than 33, so the measure would have failed. Look for: every vote matters, or close elections can turn on a few votes.

Scoring: Item 5: 2 points. Item 6: 2 points for all four sorted correctly, 1 point for two or three. Item 7: 1 point for the second flyer and 1 point for the reason. Item 8: 1 point for both totals and 1 point for "it passed." Item 9: 1 point for 36, 1 point for "yes, it would have failed" and 1 point for why each vote matters.

Reteach if needed: Week 21, Week 22. Week 21 Days 2–3 (Bill of Rights and First Amendment freedoms, responsibilities of citizens) and Week 22 Days 2–4 (ballot measures, comparing candidates fairly, why each vote matters).

Part 3: Economic Choices & Markets

12 points

Read each question. Circle or write your answer. Show your work for the money problem.

10.
Omar has $25. He needs school shoes that cost $14. He also wants a $7 bird feeder and a $6 flashlight. After he pays for the shoes, how much is left? Can he buy both wants? Show your work.
(3 pts)
Answer: $11 is left (25 − 14 = 11). No. The two wants cost $13 (7 + 6 = 13), and $13 is more than $11. He can buy one of them.
11.
A village council can pay for a new snowplow or a new picnic shelter this year. There is not enough money for both, so it picks the snowplow. Which economics word tells why the council must choose? What is its opportunity cost?
(2 pts)
Answer: Scarcity (money is limited). The opportunity cost is the picnic shelter.
12.
A guitar maker uses wood from trees, her own skill, and a saw and workbench. Write N for natural resource, H for human resource or C for capital resource: (1) wood from trees; (2) the maker's skill; (3) the saw and workbench.
(2 pts)
Answer: (1) N, (2) H, (3) C
13.
Circle the service.
(1 pt)
Answer: a swim lesson
14.
A week of storms keeps the fishing boats in the harbor, so stores get far fewer fresh fish. Just as many shoppers still want fish. What will most likely happen to the price? Use the words supply and demand to explain.
(2 pts)
Answer: The price will go up. The supply is low, but the demand is still high.
15.
Write import or export for the United States: (1) A U.S. company sells airplanes to a country across the ocean. (2) A U.S. store buys tea grown in India.
(2 pts)
Answer: (1) export, (2) import

Scoring: Item 10: 1 point for $11, 1 point for "no" and 1 point for the work or reason (13 is more than 11). Item 11: 1 point for scarcity (accept "limited money") and 1 point for the picnic shelter. Item 12: 2 points for all three, 1 point for one or two. Item 13: 1 point. Item 14: 1 point for "up" and 1 point for low supply with high demand. Item 15: 1 point each.

Reteach if needed: Week 24, Week 25, Week 26. Week 24 Days 2–4 (needs and wants, budgets that meet needs first, opportunity cost), Week 25 Days 1 and 3 (producers and their resources, goods and services) and Week 26 Days 1, 2 and 4 (scarcity, supply and demand, imports and exports).

Score box

Part	Points earned	Possible
1. Local Government & the Three Branches		9
2. Rights, Responsibilities & Voting		11
3. Economic Choices & Markets		12
Total		32

Level: Enter points to see the level.

D · Developing: 0–15
A · Approaching: 16–21
P · Proficient: 22–28
E · Exceeding: 29–32