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Taking What You Need From a Source is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on gathering relevant information from sources, aligned to Common Core standard D3.1.3-5. 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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Taking What You Need From a Source

D3.1.3-5

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Look at the source, then answer the questions.

1.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

Railway Timetable, First Year

A timetable printed by the railway company in 1846, its first year of service. TRAINS TO THE COUNTY TOWN Leave 7 in the morning, arrive 8. Leave 1 in the afternoon, arrive 2. Leave 6 in the evening, arrive 7. Third class carriages are open to the weather. Fare: 6 pence third class, 2 shillings first class.

  1. 1. What does a third class fare cost?
  2. 2. Why might first class cost four times as much?
  3. 3. How long does the journey take?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

Workhouse Admission Register

A page from the county workhouse register, 1847, kept by the record office. ADMITTED, MARCH 1847 Hall, Sarah, 42, widow, no work since the mill shut. Hall, Thomas, 9, son. Dunn, Patrick, 55, labourer, canal work ended. Ware, Ellen, 28, no settled home. Discharged this month: 3 persons.

  1. 1. Why did Sarah Hall have no work?
  2. 2. What work had Patrick Dunn done?
  3. 3. How old was Thomas Hall?

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Answer key — Taking What You Need From a Source

Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. 6 pence. 2. First class travellers were not open to the weather, unlike third class. 3. One hour: leave 7 in the morning, arrive 8.
  2. 2.1. The mill had shut. 2. He was a labourer on canal work. 3. Thomas Hall was 9.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D3.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.