Dating a Town Document 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, 24 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 19 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 24 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.
Dating a Town Document
D2.His.11.K-2
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Look at the source, then answer the questions.
1.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
Letter From a Mill Worker
A letter written in 1868 by Emma Shaw's mother, kept by the family.
Dear sister,
We are all at the mill now, even Emma.
The bell rings at half past five and we walk down Mill Row.
The work is hot and the noise is very great.
We are glad of the wages, but I would rather Emma were at school.
Your loving sister, Alice
1. Why did Alice write to her sister?
2. When was the letter written and who kept it?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
Newspaper Report: The Flood
A report in the town newspaper, printed two days after the flood of 1912.
THE RIVER OVER ITS BANKS
On Tuesday the river rose after three days of rain.
Water reached the doors of the houses on Mill Row.
The bridge was closed and the mill stopped for a day.
Neighbours carried furniture upstairs.
The council has promised to raise the river wall.
1. Why did the newspaper print this report?
2. When was this report printed?
LessonPrint · D2.His.11.K-2 · Set 19 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Dating a Town Document
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. To tell her sister that the family is now working at the mill. 2. In 1868, and it was kept by the family.
2.1. To tell the town what the flood had done and what the council promised. 2. Two days after the flood, in the town newspaper.
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