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 5 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
NameDate
Look at the source, then answer the questions.
1.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
Census Page, Mill Row
A page from the town census of 1871, kept in the record office.
MILL ROW, 1871
Number 3: Shaw, John, 34, weaver.
Number 3: Shaw, Alice, 31, weaver.
Number 3: Shaw, Emma, 11, piecer at the mill.
Number 4: Doyle, Mary, 58, washerwoman.
Number 5: empty.
1. When was this census taken and where is it kept?
2. Why did the town count people this way?
2.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. When was the letter written and who kept it?
2. Why did Alice write to her sister?
LessonPrint · D2.His.11.K-2 · Set 5 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Dating a Town Document
Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. In 1871, and it is kept in the record office. 2. To record who lived in each house on Mill Row and what work they did.
2.1. In 1868, and it was kept by the family. 2. To tell her sister that the family is now working at the mill.
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