Who Wrote It, and When? is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on the maker, date and place of a source, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.11.K-2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 22 of them with 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 24 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 22 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Who Wrote It, and When?
D2.His.11.K-2
NameDate
Look at the source, then answer the questions.
1.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
Lost Cat Poster
A poster tied to a fence on Oak Street. Written by a neighbour, Sam Patel.
LOST CAT
Her name is Pepper. She is black with white paws.
She was last seen near the library on Monday.
She is small and rather shy.
Please telephone Sam Patel at number 12.
1. Why did Sam Patel put up the poster?
2. Who wrote this poster?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
Oak Street, Fifty Years Ago
A cutting from the town newspaper, kept in the library.
OAK STREET GETS ITS FIRST SHOP
A baker has opened on Oak Street.
Before this, people walked to the Market Square for bread.
The walk took half an hour each way.
Mrs Hall said she was glad not to walk so far.
1. Where is this cutting kept?
2. Why did the newspaper print this?
LessonPrint · D2.His.11.K-2 · Set 24 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Who Wrote It, and When?
Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. To ask neighbours to help find the lost cat. 2. Sam Patel, at number 12.
2.1. In the library. 2. To tell people that a baker had opened on Oak Street.
More practice for D2.His.11.K-2
Work out who made a source, when, and where, from the source itself.
Teaching this next? Who Wrote It, and When? is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.