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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.

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. Why does the museum put a label beside the object?
  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. Which house was empty?
  2. 2. What was Mary Doyle's work?
  3. 3. Why did the town count people this way?

LessonPrint · D2.His.10.K-2 · Set 3 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Reading a Town Record

Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. So visitors know what the shuttle is, where it was used and who gave it. 2. The Shaw family. 3. Boxwood.
  2. 2.1. Number 5 was empty. 2. She was a washerwoman. 3. To record who lived in each house on Mill Row and what work they did.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.10.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.