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.
Notice About the Water
A notice put up round the town by the water company.
WATER NOTICE
The reservoir is low after a dry summer.
Please do not water gardens with a hose.
The pipes will be mended in Ash Lane on Thursday.
Water may be off between 9 and 3.
1. Why is the reservoir low?
2. When may the water be off?
3. Why ask people not to use a hose?
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. Why did the town count people this way?
2. Which house was empty?
3. What was Mary Doyle's work?
LessonPrint · D2.His.10.K-2 · Set 5 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Reading a Town Record
Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. After a dry summer. 2. Between 9 and 3 on Thursday. 3. Because the reservoir is low and hoses use a great deal of water.
2.1. To record who lived in each house on Mill Row and what work they did. 2. Number 5 was empty. 3. She was a washerwoman.
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