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A Photograph and an Interview is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on comparing what a photograph and an interview say about one event, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.His.6.K-2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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A Photograph and an Interview

D2.His.6.K-2

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Read each photograph description and interview, then answer the questions.

1.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

The Big Snow

A photograph description and an interview about one event, both written for this worksheet. PHOTOGRAPH: Snow is piled higher than the parked cars on Elm Street. Two children are building a snowman. A sign on the school door says CLOSED. INTERVIEW with Mrs. Grant, who was 8 at the time: "The snow started at night and did not stop for two days. Our power went out, so we cooked soup in the fireplace. School was closed all week, and I missed my friends."

  1. 1. What can the photograph not tell you?
  2. 2. Do the photograph and the interview agree that school was closed? How do you know?
  3. 3. What sign does the photograph show on the school door?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

The First Day in the New School

A photograph description and an interview about one event, both written for this worksheet. PHOTOGRAPH: Children with backpacks stand in front of a new school with large windows. A teacher holds a sign that says WELCOME. Some children are smiling and one is holding a parent's hand. INTERVIEW with Ms. Chen, a teacher: "The new building had a gym, which the old school never had. Some children were nervous because they did not know the halls yet. By lunch, most of them had found their way around."

  1. 1. Do both sources suggest some children were nervous? How do you know?
  2. 2. What does the interview tell you that the photograph cannot show?
  3. 3. What does the teacher's sign say in the photograph?

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Answer key — A Photograph and an Interview

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  1. 1.1. How long the snow lasted or how people felt. 2. Yes. The photograph shows a CLOSED sign, and Mrs. Grant says school was closed all week. 3. A sign that says CLOSED.
  2. 2.1. Yes. One child holds a parent's hand in the photograph, and Ms. Chen says some children were nervous. 2. That the building had a gym and that most children found their way around by lunch. 3. WELCOME.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.6.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.