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Elena's Cable Car Letter

Read a 1908 letter and use an artifact, an old photograph and a family story to learn how people traveled in the past.

Grade 1Social StudiesInteractive · Printable

Aligned toHIS.1.4

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 1
Subject: Social Studies
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students use an artifact, old photograph and family story as clues about life in the past.
Students make careful claims about how some people traveled long ago using evidence from sources.

How to use

Read the letter and source clues aloud. Help students explain what each clue shows, then have them answer the evidence and application questions.

Curriculum

C3 Framework standard covered

HIS.1.4

Use artifacts, old photographs and stories to learn how people lived in the past.

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Elena's Cable Car Letter

Use clues from a letter, an artifact, a photograph and a family story.

Read the letter and clues

Listen as your teacher reads the letter. Then use all four clues to answer the questions.

A Letter from 1908

July 14, 1908 Dear Cousin Bea, Mama and I rode a cable car to the market in San Francisco. I held a paper ticket. The gripman used a lever to catch the moving cable under the street. A bell rang at our stop. The car carried us up a steep hill. Mama bought fruit, and we rode home before supper. Love, Elena

Artifact: Elena's paper ticket has a cable car picture and the words “one ride.” The date 1908 is printed on it.

Old photograph: A cable car is filled with riders. A worker stands at its front. Riders wear hats and coats.

Family story: “Our family often walked to nearby places. For longer trips, we waited for a streetcar. We did not own a car.”

What can we learn by using all four clues?