3.3.5 Moving America Forward

Think about the way the author organized the passage. Which did he/she do first?

• explained how the car was built on an assembly line

• told why more roads were built and people moved out of cities

• described what the Model T looked like

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Think about the way the author organized the passage. Which did he/she do next?

• explained how the car was built on an assembly line

• told why more roads were built and people moved out of cities

• described what the Model T looked like

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Think about the way the author organized the passage. Which did he/she do last?

• explained how the car was built on an assembly line

• told why more roads were built and people moved out of cities

• described what the Model T looked like

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Select two sentences from the passage that show the text is organized in chronological order.

• Everyone wanted a Model T, and thanks to the moving assembly line, almost everyone could have one.

• First he found a way to make more cars to meet the demand.

• The Model T was not the first car ever made, but it was the one most people could afford at the time.

• Then, a moving conveyer belt carried the car parts along as more workers put them together.

• More and more people bought them.

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

PART A: Why did the author write this passage?

• To convince the reader to drive a Ford car

• To tell a story about the life of Henry Ford

• To compare Mary Anderson to Henry Ford

• To show the steps it took to build an affordable car and how it changed life for Americans

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

PART B: How does the author develop the purpose in Part A?

• by giving reasons why the cars are safe

• by explaining where Henry Ford grew up

• by listing the steps Mary took to create the windshield wiper

• by discussing events in history

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.3.8

CCSS.SL.3.2

CCSS.W.3.2B

Select two ways the timeline helps to show how dangerous cars used to be.

• It tells that seatbelts weren't used until 1885.

• It tells why stop signs were invented.

• It tells who invented the first turn signal.

• It tells that stop signs were created after the windshield wiper.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

What does the photo and caption on page 70 help to show about building a Model T car?

• One man could build an entire car himself.

• It took a long time to build the car.

• It took many people working together to build a car.

• Building a car was dangerous.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.7