3º SS Unit 6 – STUDYING THE PAST (Student´s Book and Activity Book SOLUTIONS)

HOMEWORK:

1. Please, check the solutions to the exercises you did this week from the books of S.S. 
   (Student´s Book and Activity Book).

UNIT 6 Social Science – STUDYING THE PAST

3º SS STUDENT´S BOOK (solutions)

PAGES 94 Y 95

SOLUTIONS

1 Possible answers:

Families in the past spent their time together in the same room.

The person at the table in each picture is writing. The furniture looks more comfortable in the second picture.

I send messages to my friends by phone.

2 Pupils' own answers.

3 Pupils' own answers.

4 Possible answers: Visit museums, read historic novels, learn traditional dances or stories, etc.

5 Pupils' own answers.

PAGES 96 Y 97

SOLUTIONS

1 - Pupils do this speaking activity in pairs. They decide on a tradition and discuss it, thinking about the questions in the textbook and making sure they know the answers. Then, they challenge another pair to see whether they can guess the name of the tradition.

2 – Answers:

a. written; b. physical; c. physical; d. oral; e. physical; f. visual

3 - Oral historical source.

4 – Answers:

Roman coins – Ancient History

Cave paintings – Prehistory

Tablet – the Contemporary Age

Suit of armour – the Middle Ages

5 - Places of interest with buildings or artefacts which tell us information about the past.

6 - Possible answer:

This is a street scene.

It might be late afternoon because there are a lot of people in the street, but the street lamps are on.

It's raining, because the people are holding umbrellas, the sky is grey and cloudy and the street is shiny with water.

We know it is Paris because the Eiffel Tower is in the background of the picture.

The coats are black and the street, sky and buildings are cold and grey, but the umbrellas and street lamps are colourful and full of energy.

7 - Possible answers:

When / Why did people wear suits of armour? (In the Middle Ages / To protect themselves in battles.)

When / Why did people paint on cave walls? (In prehistoric times / To record what they had hunted.)

When / Why did people build walls around towns and cities? (In the Middle Ages / To protect themselves.)

When / Why did people use coins? (From ancient times to the present / To buy things.)

When / Why did people build amphitheatres? (In ancient times / To have celebrations.)

3º SS ACTIVITY BOOK (solutions)

PAGE 33

SOLUTIONS

3. Possible answers:

c. This suit of armour is made of metal. It was used by medieval knights to protect themselves.

d. This jug is made of clay. It was used to store liquids.

e. These statues are made of stone. They were used as decoration.

f. This tool is made of wood and metal. It was used to cut things.

PAGE 34

SOLUTIONS

4 – Aqueduct. Wall. Temple. Castle. Palace. Amphitheatre.

5 – Answers : Wall for protection. Castle for living. Aqueduct for transporting water. Temple for religious ceremonies. Amphitheatre for entertainment.

PAGE 35

SOLUTIONS

6 – Prehistory (Cave paintings). Modern Age (Portrait). Ancient History (Mosaic).