Lesson 6: Making Communities Better

The rights and responsibilities of citizens are called ________________.

• boycott

• canal

• citizenship

• common good

• disabled

The things that are good for everyone in a community are the __________________________.

• boycott

• canal

• citizenship

• common good

_______________ is when workers stop working to try to get something they want, such as better pay.

• boycott

• canal

• citizenship

• strike

When people refuse to buy products from a certain business, they ________________.

• boycott

• canal

• citizenship

• common good

__________________ means not being able to do an everyday thing, such as walk, in the same way that most people can.

• boycott

• canal

• citizenship

• disabled

When Cesar Chavez led a strike with farmworkers, they agreed to ____________________.

• move north.

• work harder.

• write letters

• stop working.

Cesar Chavez made a difference by _____________________.

• helping farmworkers in the United States.

• fighting for the rights of disabled people.

• making sure everyone could go to school.

• protecting his community from dangerous chemicals.

A waterway made by humans is a __________________.

• boycott

• canal

• citizenship

• common good

Ruby Bridges made a difference by being very _____________.

• angry

• brave

• pretty

• smart

What did Ruby Bridges discover on her first day of school?

• Her school was built over a dangerous chemical dump.

• Her neighbors warmly welcomed her to the school.

• She was the only student that showed up to school.

• Her principal refused to let her sit in the classroom.