Reading a Town Record is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on using a source to study the past, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.10.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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Reading a Town Record
D2.His.10.K-2
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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. How old was Emma Shaw?
2. What was Mary Doyle's work?
3. Which house was empty?
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. How long did the mill stop?
2. What caused the river to rise?
3. Why did the newspaper print this report?
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Answer key — Reading a Town Record
Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Emma Shaw was 11. 2. She was a washerwoman. 3. Number 5 was empty.
2.1. For a day. 2. Three days of rain. 3. To tell the town what the flood had done and what the council promised.
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