WorldCom Edu American Textbook Reading Series - Social Book 3 Sample

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Part 1 We Live Together



01 Types of Groups 10


02 Living in a Neighborhood 16


03 Types of Communities 22










Part 2 How Governments Work



04 We Are Citizens 30


05 Voting for Leaders 36


06 Working for Justice 42









Part 3 America Long Ago



07 The First Americans 50


08 Explorers and Early Americans 56


09 A New Country Is Born 62






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Part 4 The World of Work and Money



10 Producers and Consumers 70


11 From Farm to You 76


12 Countries Trade Goods 82










Part 5 About Our Earth



13 Weather and Climate 90


14 Our Earth 96


15 We Change Our Environment 102






























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Student Book

Visual Summary
The visual summary uses images
with key vocabulary and other
related words to introduce the main
Title concept of the lesson. The visual
This is what the lesson summary is also an aid for word
is about. association, reinforcing the meaning
of the words within context.





































Key Vocabulary

These are new words for students Up Close
to learn in the lesson.
The meaning of each word is This expands on the key vocabulary
or the lesson’s main idea. This gives
below it.
students a greater level of
understanding of related knowledge.










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Review 1
There are three different types of
exercises here. One type is to complete Exercise
the sentences describing pictures. This exercise will test
Another one is to write words using students’ understanding
their first letters and pictures. The other of the written definition of
one is to choose the words that best the key vocabulary.
complete the sentences. These exercises
will help students remember and better
understand the key vocabulary they
have learned on the previous page.




































Review 2
Here there are new pictures that
relate to the key vocabulary.
Different pictures help students True or False
learn a new word and remember it. This exercise makes students
think carefully about each
statement.










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Reading

The passage is the main part
of the lesson. It contains all Comprehension
the key vocabulary and other These questions test students’
words students have been comprehension of the
learning in this lesson. passage. They also test
Students have been preparing students’ ability to remember
for the passage in the previous
what is written in the passage.
pages. This makes it easier for
students to comprehend the
passage.




































Reading Skill Critical Thinking
Each passage incorporates the use These questions stimulate
of skills such as finding the main critical thinking, which is an
idea, sequencing, comparing and important part of the
contrasting, classifying, etc. learning process. This
Organizing information from the section will help students
passage in the chart helps develop their reading skills.
students identify and understand
key concepts or key parts of the
passage. This aids students’
comprehension of the passage.



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Workbook





Vocabulary 1
These exercises test students’ ability to remember the meanings
of words using pictures as a guide.






































Vocabulary 2
These exercises make students Listen & Write
use the key vocabulary words Students can practice their
in a context that is different listening skills. A native
from that in the passage. This speaker of English reads the
increases students’ passage aloud, and this allows
understanding and ability to students to hear the proper
use the words. pronunciation of words.











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Track
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More Vocabulary
grown-up
belong to
an adult to be a

member of
a group

group
raise one’s hand

a number of people who live, to lift one’s
work, or play together hand




team


a group of people who are
on the same side in a game





class

a group of students who study
together at school





guardian


someone who protects and
takes care of a child like a parent





parents


the father and mother of a person





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Family School Class















I belong
to many
groups.


Study Group Sports Team























Leaders and Rules
















Leaders Rules

A leader leads people in a group. Rules help people work together

Most groups have leaders. and be safe in a group.



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Look at the pictures and complete the sentences.



1.
A(n) of children are standing in a circle.


2.

The are looking at their baby.


3.
A(n) is helping a girl draw a picture.



4.
Children are taking an art .



5. Members of the soccer are in red

uniforms.


6. A girl will grow into a(n) like the woman

in the picture.










Match each picture with the correct group.



1. 2. 3.

















a. sports team b. family c. school class


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Choose the correct word for each definition.




1. a group of people who are on the same side in a

game
grown-up


2. someone who protects and takes care of a child group

like a parent
team


3. an adult class



4. a number of people who live, work, or play guardian
together parents




5. the father and mother of a person


6. a group of students who study together at school


















Circle T for true, F for false.



1. Parents are a group of students who study together. T / F


2. We can belong to different groups. T / F


3. Most groups have leaders. T / F








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Read the passage. Complete the chart. Track
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Types of Groups



Children and grown-ups belong to

groups . There are many different

kinds of groups. I belong to my

family, school class , sports team ,
and study group. In my family, I am

a son, and I am a brother to my

sister. We listen to what our parents

tell us. In my class, when we have a question, we raise our hands and

ask. That’s the rule of my class. I am a goalkeeper on my school’s

soccer team and we practice once a week after school. I am also a

member of a study group. We meet after class every day. My friend’s

uncle helps us with our homework. He is my friend Tom’s guardian .

He takes care of Tom instead of his parents . At the end of class and
our group study, we have to pick up all our things.







READING SKILL Main Idea and Details



Children and grown-ups belong to A .




In my class, we raise I am a goalkeeper on At the end of class and

our hands and ask. my school’s soccer group study, we have
That’s the C . to D
B . all our things.




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Choose the correct answer.



1. People can belong to many as one of their members.


a. numbers b. groups c. guides



2. What is the rule for the speaker’s class when students have a question?

a. raising their hands b. meeting after school c. practicing once a week



3. Tom’s guardian helps .

a. the speaker’s team practice after school
b. the speaker and his friends do their homework

c. the speaker and his friends pick up all their things



4. The speaker is .

a. a member of his family as the oldest daughter

b. a member of the study group as a leader
c. a member of the school sports team as a goalkeeper













Write the correct answer.




1. During class, what should you do if you have a question?







2. Name groups you belong to.







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