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Grade 3 History and Social Studies Chapter 6 | Practice Workbook

Grade 3 History and Social Studies Chapter 6: Five-Day Practice Workbook

Printable chapter practice. Write in a notebook or print this page. These pages are not verified fillable PDFs. On the final day complete the chapter check independently, then have a teacher review the answers and evidence.

Student lessons | Practice and assessment | Teacher answer guide | Grade 3

Day 1: Resources, Work and Exchange

  1. Identify the resource in a board made from wood. ________________________________
  2. What is one difference between a good and a service? ________________________________
  3. Name a possible transportation resource. ________________________________
  4. Is every historical claim about trade proved by a modern map? ________________________________
  5. State a question that would require historical evidence. ________________________________
  6. Explain why the source date matters. ________________________________

Day 2: Transportation and Settlements

  1. What is a settlement? ________________________________
  2. Name one geographic influence on settlement. ________________________________
  3. Did Alabama communities begin only with statehood? ________________________________
  4. Why compare different sources? ________________________________
  5. Name a northern Alabama waterway. ________________________________
  6. Does a map alone establish a people’s motives? ________________________________

Day 3: Different Communities, Different Perspectives

  1. Name two distinct Indigenous peoples associated with Alabama. ________________________________
  2. Are these all one identical people? ________________________________
  3. Do these peoples have living communities today? ________________________________
  4. Why might a traveler’s account be incomplete? ________________________________
  5. What source can provide a community’s own perspective? ________________________________
  6. Is a claim without a source automatically reliable? ________________________________

Day 4: Chronology and Evidence

  1. In what year did Alabama become a U.S. state? ________________________________
  2. What does chronological mean? ________________________________
  3. Did Indigenous communities exist before 1819? ________________________________
  4. Give one example of a primary source. ________________________________
  5. Can a primary source have bias? ________________________________
  6. What should be checked before trusting a source? ________________________________

Day 5: An Evidence-Based Alabama Inquiry

  1. What is a historical claim? ________________________________
  2. What supports a claim? ________________________________
  3. Does a modern map prove an ancient trade route? ________________________________
  4. How do you report unknown information? ________________________________
  5. Why name source titles? ________________________________
  6. Write one defensible claim and its evidence. ________________________________

Independent chapter assessment

Answer the final day’s six questions without notes, then write a short synthesis using at least two assigned days. The teacher assesses factual accuracy, reasoning, use of evidence and honest reporting of unknowns.

Student lessons | Practice and assessment | Teacher answer guide | Grade 3