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Questions Worth Asking About People is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on generating questions about people who shaped change, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.3.3-5. 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 Worth Asking About People

D2.His.3.3-5

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Circle the best question.

1.You want to understand the farmers who took to the railway. What do you ask?
  • A.What could they sell after 1846 that they could not sell before?
  • B.Did they like trains?
  • C.How many cows?
2.You want to understand the railway company. What do you ask?
  • A.Did they like trains?
  • B.Who paid for the line, and what did they expect to earn?
  • C.Was the engine shiny?
3.What makes a question about a group better than one about a single person?
  • A.It can be answered from records that count many people at once
  • B.It is shorter
  • C.It is easier
4.Why ask about people who lost as well as people who gained?
  • A.Losers are more interesting
  • B.Winners are boring
  • C.Otherwise the account only describes half of what happened
5.You want to understand James Okonkwo. What do you ask?
  • A.Was he popular?
  • B.What colour was the poster?
  • C.What did he promise, and did he deliver it once elected?
6.You want to understand Sarah Hall. What do you ask?
  • A.Did she like the workhouse?
  • B.What work had she done before the mill shut, and where did she go after?
  • C.Was she friendly?
7.You want to understand the guardians who ran the workhouse. What do you ask?
  • A.Who chose them, and what rules did they have to follow?
  • B.Were they old?
  • C.Did they enjoy it?
8.You want to understand the boatmen who signed the petition. What do you ask?
  • A.Were they tall?
  • B.Did they like boats?
  • C.What work did they do, and what did they stand to lose?

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Answer key — Questions Worth Asking About People

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.What could they sell after 1846 that they could not sell before?
  2. 2.Who paid for the line, and what did they expect to earn?
  3. 3.It can be answered from records that count many people at once
  4. 4.Otherwise the account only describes half of what happened
  5. 5.What did he promise, and did he deliver it once elected?
  6. 6.What work had she done before the mill shut, and where did she go after?
  7. 7.Who chose them, and what rules did they have to follow?
  8. 8.What work did they do, and what did they stand to lose?

More practice for D2.His.3.3-5

Ask questions about the people behind what changed and what stayed the same.

Teaching this next? Asking About the People Behind Change is the 45-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.3.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.