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.
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. Why did the newspaper print this report?
2. What caused the river to rise?
3. Which houses did the water reach?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
Market Square Stall List
A list of stalls posted at the entrance to the Tuesday market.
TUESDAY MARKET
Stall 1: vegetables, grown at Hill Farm.
Stall 2: fish, brought from the coast.
Stall 3: cheese, made at Ford Dairy.
Stall 4: cloth, woven in the town.
Stall 5: oranges and lemons, brought from Spain.
1. Which stall sells cloth?
2. Where is the cheese made?
3. Which stall sells fish, and where is it from?
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Answer key — Reading a Town Record
Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. To tell the town what the flood had done and what the council promised. 2. Three days of rain. 3. The houses on Mill Row.
2.1. Stall 4, woven in the town. 2. At Ford Dairy. 3. Stall 2, brought from the coast.
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