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Many Specialists Behind the Curtain

Read how a city costume shop specializes in theater clothing and depends on other neighborhood businesses for goods and services.

Grade 3Social StudiesInteractive · Printable

Aligned toECO.3.2

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  • 1 C3 Framework standard
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  • 15 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 3
Subject
Social Studies
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students describe how a business specializes in making or providing a particular good or service.
  • Students explain how people and communities depend on one another for goods and services.
  • Students use evidence to describe how specialization connects neighborhood businesses.

How to use

Read the profile aloud or have students read it independently. Ask students to underline details that show specialization and dependence before completing the final responses.

Curriculum

C3 Framework standard covered

ECO.3.2

Describe specialization and how people and communities depend on each other for goods and services.

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Many Specialists Behind the Curtain

See how a costume shop and its neighborhood partners depend on one another.

Read the shop profile

Read about Lumen Lane Costume Shop. Then answer the questions using details from the profile.

Lumen Lane Costume Shop

Mara Patel and her family run Lumen Lane Costume Shop in a busy city neighborhood. The shop specializes in costumes for school plays, community theaters, and dance shows. Mara measures performers, repairs seams, and changes costumes so they fit. Her brother Dev keeps track of the rentals and helps customers choose clothing for a show. Because the family focuses on costumes, they can work carefully and quickly instead of trying to provide every kind of theater service.

Lumen Lane does not make every item it needs. A fabric wholesaler sends rolls of cloth and spools of thread. A button maker in another neighborhood produces the unusual buttons Mara uses on historical costumes. Bright Suds Laundry cleans rented costumes between shows. The Swift Step Courier delivers finished costumes to theaters when the shop is busy. Each partner focuses on a different job or product.

The partners depend on one another, too. Lumen Lane pays the fabric wholesaler and button maker for goods and pays Bright Suds and Swift Step for services. Those businesses depend on orders from customers such as Lumen Lane. When all of the specialists do their parts, a theater can receive clean, well-fitting costumes on time. If one partner has a problem, Mara may need to change her work plan or tell a theater that its costumes will be late.

1.
Which statement best explains the main idea of the profile?
  • A. A costume shop mainly needs customers who choose historical clothing.
  • B. A city theater can make costumes without help from other businesses.
  • C. Specialists at several businesses work together to supply theater costumes.
  • D. Mara's family teaches every theater skill needed for a show.
2.
Circle the TWO details that show Lumen Lane specializes in costume work.

The shop measures performers and changes costumes to fit.A button maker produces unusual buttons.The family works on costumes for plays and dance shows.A courier delivers costumes to theaters.

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