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.
Petition Against the Railway
A petition sent to Parliament in 1844 by canal workers and boat owners.
To the honourable members,
We are boatmen and wharf workers of this valley.
The proposed railway will take the coal and corn we carry.
Two hundred families live by the canal.
We ask that the line be refused, or that work be found for us.
Signed by 84 hands.
1. Why did the boatmen oppose the railway?
2. How many people signed?
3. Who sent this petition?
2.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. How long does the journey take?
2. How many trains run each day?
3. Why might first class cost four times as much?
LessonPrint · D3.1.3-5 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Taking What You Need From a Source
Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Because it would take the coal and corn they carried on the canal. 2. 84 hands signed it. 3. Boatmen and wharf workers of the valley.
2.1. One hour: leave 7 in the morning, arrive 8. 2. Three trains a day. 3. First class travellers were not open to the weather, unlike third class.
More practice for D3.1.3-5
Gather what you need from several sources, choosing each for a reason.