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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 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?
2.Why ask how sources relate rather than reading each alone?
  • A.It is the rule
  • B.The relations between them answer questions no single source can
  • C.It saves time
3.One source is from 1840 and one from 1850. What question does that raise?
  • A.Which paper is thicker?
  • B.What changed in the ten years between them?
  • C.Which is easier to read?
4.You have all the 1840s sources and the 2015 book. What is a good question?
  • A.Which is prettiest?
  • B.Which is newest?
  • C.Which of these records did the modern author actually use?
5.You have the toll table and the timetable. What is a good question?
  • A.Which uses more numbers?
  • B.How did the cost of moving goods change between them?
  • C.Which is older?
6.You have the poster and the register. What is a good question?
  • A.Which is bigger?
  • B.Which is coloured?
  • C.Did the promises of 1889 answer the hardship of 1847?
7.Two sources come from the same company. What question does that raise?
  • A.Were they printed together?
  • B.Are they the same length?
  • C.Do they agree because they are true, or because they share an author?
8.You have the register and the directory. What is a good question?
  • A.Which is tidier?
  • B.Do the people admitted match the trades that were shrinking?
  • C.Which is longer?

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Answer key — Questions About a Whole Set

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

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

More practice for D2.His.12.3-5

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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.