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Finding It in a Record is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on gathering information from a source, aligned to Common Core standard D3.1.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 pupils 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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Finding It in a Record

D3.1.K-2

NameDate

Look at the source, then answer the questions.

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

Museum Label: Mill Shuttle

A label beside an object in the town museum. WEAVING SHUTTLE Made of boxwood, about 1868. Used at Bridge Mill, which stood by the river. The mill employed 200 people, many of them children. Given to the museum by the Shaw family in 1954.

  1. 1. Was Bridge Mill near water?
  2. 2. Who gave the shuttle to the museum?
  3. 3. What is the shuttle made of?
2.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. 1. How old was Emma Shaw?
  2. 2. Did children work at the mill in 1871?
  3. 3. What was Mary Doyle's work?

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Answer key — Finding It in a Record

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Yes. The label says the mill stood by the river. 2. The Shaw family. 3. Boxwood.
  2. 2.1. Emma Shaw was 11. 2. Yes. Emma Shaw was 11 and worked as a piecer at the mill. 3. She was a washerwoman.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D3.1.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.