Chapter 6 Social Studies

3rd Grade

Mrs. Drye/Resource 3/10/2017

People From Many Places

Africans in the Americas

The U.S. has many types of people meaning we have

diversity. There was a time when blacks such as

Frederick Douglass (below) were slaves some 300 years.

Douglass was able to escape and be free. In slavery,

blacks worked for no money and could not freely move

about. Many slaves were beaten or killed.

In spite of hard times,

many blacks did start

businesses and some later

went to school. In the

1860s, slavery was no

longer legal.This school house was for blacks after slavery became illegal.

Moving to the WestPeople came from all over the world to live here. They are called immigrants because they left their country

to move to another country. In 1542, Europeans came to California, which used to belong to Spain. In 1848

California became part of the U.S. Many came to find gold. Others came from Japan, Korea and the

Philippines. Most people today in California came from Spanish-speaking countries.

1. These poor people in the 1850s searched for gold to give them a better life. 2. Many also came here to build

railroads in the 1860s. 3. Many immigrants left their countries to go to Angel Island in the 1910s for better lives.

4. Californians today live a much easier life like this family riding bicycles.

Railroads in 1860s

1. 2. 3. 4.

Angel Island 1910s

Moving to the East

While many immigrants were glad to

be in the U.S., life in the 1800s and

1900s was very hard. The Statue of

Liberty was here to welcome

thousands of new people to the U.S.,

but Americans who were already here

thought these new immigrants would

take their jobs.

Zworykin, who is from Russia,

invented the TV in 1927.

Many immigrants like Vladimir

Zworykin invented things like the

TV. Others worked hard on the

railroads to make a better life. More

people still come from other

countries today bringing us diversity.

The Statue of Liberty is on Ellis Island in New York.

Write Your Story

• From what country did your family immigrate? ______________________________

• What was it like when your family first came to the U.S. as immigrants?

_________________________________________________________________

• Why did they come here? Was life hard or easy before they left their country?

__________________________________________________________________

• Was it hard when they first came here? How was it hard?

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• Is it easier now? Tell us how it is easier.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Amazon is the

second longest river in the

world. This river makes

the soil in Brazil very

fertile for farmers to

grow crops to sell and to

feed animals. Their

ancestors, relatives born

a long time ago, were able

to make a living. Now

many Brazilians work in

the city, use cell phones,

the Internet and enjoy the

of beaches.

Some people follow the old culture like this mom and

daughter. Some mix old and new ways of doing things. These

groups of people born either long ago or recently are called a

generation. Your generation was born in about 2008; your

parents in the 1980s; your grandparents in the 1960s or earlier.

Pacific Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Amazon River

BRAZIL: South America Some Brazilians are from Japan!

Traditions: Ways of Doing Things

• Does your family follow the ways of your original country?____________

• What are some of the ways or traditions they follow? Is it the types of food, holidays, music or clothes from your original country?

Some of the food we eat are _____________________________________________

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The holidays from my country we celebrate are__________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

My family wears clothes from our country when we celebrate ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sources

• Designed and edited by Eugenia Drye primarily for English Language Learners.

• Photos and text from Houghton Mifflin 2008 Social Studies: Communities as well as Google and Bing photo galleries.