Questions About a Whole Set is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on generating questions across several sources, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.12.3-5. It prints 8 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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.You have the register and the directory. What is a good question?
A.Which is tidier?
B.Which is longer?
C.Do the people admitted match the trades that were shrinking?
2.You have the petition and the newspaper report. What is a good question?
A.Which is longer?
B.Which has neater writing?
C.Why do these two describe the same railway so differently?
3.You have all the 1840s sources and the 2015 book. What is a good question?
A.Which is prettiest?
B.Which of these records did the modern author actually use?
C.Which is newest?
4.You have the poster and the register. What is a good question?
A.Which is coloured?
B.Which is bigger?
C.Did the promises of 1889 answer the hardship of 1847?
5.Two sources come from the same company. What question does that raise?
A.Do they agree because they are true, or because they share an author?
B.Are they the same length?
C.Were they printed together?
6.You have the toll table and the timetable. What is a good question?
A.Which is older?
B.Which uses more numbers?
C.How did the cost of moving goods change between them?
7.One source is from 1840 and one from 1850. What question does that raise?
A.Which is easier to read?
B.What changed in the ten years between them?
C.Which paper is thicker?
8.Why ask how sources relate rather than reading each alone?
A.It is the rule
B.It saves time
C.The relations between them answer questions no single source can
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Answer key — Questions About a Whole Set
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Do the people admitted match the trades that were shrinking?
2.Why do these two describe the same railway so differently?
3.Which of these records did the modern author actually use?
4.Did the promises of 1889 answer the hardship of 1847?
5.Do they agree because they are true, or because they share an author?
6.How did the cost of moving goods change between them?
7.What changed in the ten years between them?
8.The relations between them answer questions no single source can
Questions about Questions About a Whole Set
What does the Questions About a Whole Set worksheet cover?
It practises generating questions across several sources — 8 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on Common Core D2.His.12.3-5: Ask questions about several sources and how they relate to an event. The instruction to pupils is “Circle the best question”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Questions About a Whole Set practise?
D2.His.12.3-5 — D2.His.12.3-5, in the History domain for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Generate questions about multiple historical sources and their relationships to particular historical events and developments.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Questions About a Whole Set is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.His.12.3-5, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Questions About a Whole Set come with an answer key?
Yes. All 8 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 Questions About a Whole Set 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 Questions About a Whole Set free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Questions About a Whole Set, 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.His.12.3-5?
Yes — “Questions About a Whole Set” is a 45-minute Grade 3 to Grade 5 plan for D2.His.12.3-5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Questions About a Whole Set is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.His.12.3-5
Ask questions about several sources and how they relate to an event.
Teaching this next? Questions About a Whole Set is the 45-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.