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Learning and What You Earn is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on human capital, productivity and future income, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.6.3-5. 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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Learning and What You Earn

D2.Eco.6.3-5

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Draw a line from each one to what follows.

1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • A boy learns to read at the village school
  • A smith trains an apprentice for seven years
  • A porter learns the whole timetable
  • Nobody in a village can read
  • A.He can later take clerk's work that needs writing
  • B.The apprentice can one day run a forge of his own
  • C.He handles more passengers in an hour than before
  • D.The village depends on outsiders to read its letters
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • A girl trains as a schoolmistress
  • A farmer learns which crops suit the valley soil
  • A clerk learns to keep accounts
  • A boatman learns to work the locks quickly
  • A.He is paid more than a labourer for the same hours
  • B.He completes more journeys in a week
  • C.She earns a salary rather than day wages
  • D.He harvests more from the same fields

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Answer key — Learning and What You Earn

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A boy learns to read at the village school — A (He can later take clerk's work that needs writing) 2. A smith trains an apprentice for seven years — B (The apprentice can one day run a forge of his own) 3. A porter learns the whole timetable — C (He handles more passengers in an hour than before) 4. Nobody in a village can read — D (The village depends on outsiders to read its letters)
  2. 2.1. A girl trains as a schoolmistress — C (She earns a salary rather than day wages) 2. A farmer learns which crops suit the valley soil — D (He harvests more from the same fields) 3. A clerk learns to keep accounts — A (He is paid more than a labourer for the same hours) 4. A boatman learns to work the locks quickly — B (He completes more journeys in a week)

Questions about Learning and What You Earn

What does the Learning and What You Earn worksheet cover?

It practises human capital, productivity and future income — 2 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on Common Core D2.Eco.6.3-5: Explain how training and education change what somebody can earn. The instruction to pupils is “Draw a line from each one to what follows”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Learning and What You Earn practise?

D2.Eco.6.3-5 — D2.Eco.6.3-5, in the Economics domain for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Explain the relationship between investment in human capital, productivity, and future incomes.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Learning and What You Earn is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.6.3-5, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Learning and What You Earn come with an answer key?

Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of Learning and What You Earn can I print?

25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.

Is Learning and What You Earn free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Learning and What You Earn, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

Is there a lesson plan to teach D2.Eco.6.3-5?

Yes — “Learning Now, Earning Later” is a 45-minute Grade 3 to Grade 5 plan for D2.Eco.6.3-5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Learning and What You Earn is the practice that follows it.

More practice for D2.Eco.6.3-5

Explain how training and education change what somebody can earn.

Teaching this next? Learning Now, Earning Later is the 45-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.6.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.