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 9 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.
Town Council Minute
A page from the minutes of the town council meeting, 4 October.
TOWN COUNCIL, 4 OCTOBER
Present: nine councillors. Two absent.
1. The library roof needs repair. Cost: 800 pounds.
2. Seven councillors voted to mend it. Two voted against.
3. The money will come from the town fund.
4. Work will begin in November.
1. What kind of record is this and who made it?
2. Why does the council write minutes?
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. When was this report printed?
2. Why did the newspaper print this report?
LessonPrint · D2.His.11.K-2 · Set 9 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Dating a Town Document
Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Minutes made by the town council at its meeting on 4 October. 2. So there is a record of what was decided and how councillors voted.
2.1. Two days after the flood, in the town newspaper. 2. To tell the town what the flood had done and what the council promised.
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