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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.

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Questions About a Whole Set

D2.His.12.3-5

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Circle the best question.

1.You have all the 1840s sources and the 2015 book. What is a good question?
  • A.Which of these records did the modern author actually use?
  • B.Which is newest?
  • C.Which is prettiest?
2.Why ask how sources relate rather than reading each alone?
  • A.It saves time
  • B.It is the rule
  • C.The relations between them answer questions no single source can
3.You have the petition and the newspaper report. What is a good question?
  • A.Why do these two describe the same railway so differently?
  • B.Which has neater writing?
  • C.Which is longer?
4.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?
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.Were they printed together?
  • C.Are they the same length?
6.You have the register and the directory. What is a good question?
  • A.Which is longer?
  • B.Which is tidier?
  • C.Do the people admitted match the trades that were shrinking?
7.You have the toll table and the timetable. What is a good question?
  • A.How did the cost of moving goods change between them?
  • B.Which is older?
  • C.Which uses more numbers?
8.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?

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Answer key — Questions About a Whole Set

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Which of these records did the modern author actually use?
  2. 2.The relations between them answer questions no single source can
  3. 3.Why do these two describe the same railway so differently?
  4. 4.What changed in the ten years between them?
  5. 5.Do they agree because they are true, or because they share an author?
  6. 6.Do the people admitted match the trades that were shrinking?
  7. 7.How did the cost of moving goods change between them?
  8. 8.Did the promises of 1889 answer the hardship of 1847?

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.12.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.