Passwords
Social Studies Vocabulary
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To the Student
What is a community? How is a lake not like an
ocean? What does services mean? Passwords: Social
Studies Vocabulary will help you find out. It will teach
you the words you need to do well in social studies.
You will learn six words in every lesson. First, you will
read an article. It will tell you what all six words mean.
Next, you will use the words in different ways. Last, you
will complete a writing activity.
As you work, you may learn other social studies
words. Writing down those words will help you
remember them. Use the space in My Social Studies
Words on pages 58–66.
You will find the Glossary at the back of this book.
The Glossary tells what each word means. It also has
a picture next to the word. Use the Glossary when you
are not sure about the meaning of a word.
ISBN 978-0-7609-4488-2
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Table of Contents
Lesson 1: People Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Lesson 2: My Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Lesson 3: We Live on Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Lesson 4: Land and Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Lesson 5: Needs and Wants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Lesson 6: People at Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Lesson 7: Times Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Lesson 8: What We Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Lesson 9: Our Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
My Social Studies Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
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LESSON
1
family
together
leader
rule
group
citizen
Every family is special. How is your family special?
Keep reading to learn about families.
People Together
This is Kayla. Here is her
family. This is Dad. This is Mom.
This is Will. This is Gram. Kayla’s
family cares for one another.
They help one another. They
work with one another. They
have fun together.
Kayla’s family likes
to be together.
Families Have Leaders
A family has one or more
leaders. A leader is a person
who leads others. Mom and
Dad are the leaders in Kayla’s
family. They take care of their
children. They make their home
Who are the leaders
in Kayla’s family?
a good place to live.
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People Together
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People Follow Rules
All families have rules. A rule tells people
what they should do. Rules keep people
safe. Rules help people get along. Rules
help keep things fair. One rule is to be nice
to others.
These rules help
to keep people safe.
People Are Part of Groups
Kayla’s family is a group. A group is
a set of people. People in a group are alike
in some way.
Kayla is also part of her town. The
people in a town are a special group. They
are called citizens. A citizen is a person
The students in Kayla’s
class are also a group.
who lives in a place.
My Social Studies Words
Go to page 58 to list other words you
have learned about people together.
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family
together
leader
rule
group
citizen
A. Circle the word that goes with each picture.
1.
2.
3.
6
citizen
4.
together
rule
group
leader
citizen
leader
5.
rule
rule
leader
family
family
group
6.
together
citizen
leader
rule
family
People Together
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family
together
leader
rule
group
citizen
B. Circle the word that answers each riddle.
What Am I?
1. I am a set of people who are alike in some way.
leader
group
citizen
2. I am a person who leads others.
citizen
together
leader
3. I tell people what they should do.
family
rule
together
4. I am a group of people who care for one another.
family
citizen
rule
5. I am a person who lives in a place.
together
rule
citizen
6. I am a word that means with one another.
together
family
citizen
Word Fun
Together has three small words in it.
Do you know what they are?
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family
together
leader
rule
group
citizen
C. Use a word from above to finish each sentence.
1. My dad and my mom are part of my
.
2. A
3. My friend and I played
4. The
5. Our school has a
is a person who lives in a town.
.
stood at the front of the class.
against running
in the halls.
6. All the people in the
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have a pet.
People Together
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family
together
leader
rule
group
citizen
Write!
Who are the people in your family?
What things do you do together?
The people in my family are
Together, we
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