Sources About Our Street is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on identifying kinds of historical source, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.9.K-2. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.Sort each one: A source about the past or Not a source?
Sort: A photograph of Oak Street in 1970, What you hope was here, An old map of the town, A drawing of an imaginary town
A source about the pastNot a source
2.Sort each one: A source about the past or Not a source?
Sort: The old newspaper cutting, A story somebody invented about the street, A dream about the old shop, The library's old borrowing register
A source about the pastNot a source
3.Sort each one: A source about the past or Not a source?
Sort: A made-up name for a street, An old bus ticket found in a drawer, A neighbour who has lived here fifty years, A guess about what used to be here
A source about the pastNot a source
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Answer key — Sources About Our Street
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A drawing of an imaginary town — Not a source 2. A photograph of Oak Street in 1970 — A source about the past 3. An old map of the town — A source about the past 4. What you hope was here — Not a source
2.1. A dream about the old shop — Not a source 2. A story somebody invented about the street — Not a source 3. The library's old borrowing register — A source about the past 4. The old newspaper cutting — A source about the past
3.1. A guess about what used to be here — Not a source 2. A made-up name for a street — Not a source 3. A neighbour who has lived here fifty years — A source about the past 4. An old bus ticket found in a drawer — A source about the past
Questions about Sources About Our Street
What does the Sources About Our Street worksheet cover?
It practises identifying kinds of historical source — 3 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D2.His.9.K-2: Name different kinds of historical source. The instruction to pupils is “Sort each one into source or not”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Sources About Our Street practise?
D2.His.9.K-2 — D2.His.9.K-2, in the History domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Identify different kinds of historical sources.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Sources About Our Street is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.His.9.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Sources About Our Street come with an answer key?
Yes. All 3 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Sources About Our Street can I print?
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Sources About Our Street free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Sources About Our Street, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach D2.His.9.K-2?
Yes — “Sources About Our Street” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D2.His.9.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Sources About Our Street is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.His.9.K-2
Name different kinds of historical source.
Teaching this next? Sources About Our Street is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.