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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.

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 might canal work have ended by 1847?
  2. 2. Why did Sarah Hall have no work?
  3. 3. How old was Thomas Hall?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

Canal Toll Table

A table of charges posted at the canal wharf by the canal company, 1840. GRAND UNION CANAL: CHARGES PER TON Coal ......................... 2 pence a mile Stone and gravel ............. 1 penny a mile Corn and flour ............... 3 pence a mile Manufactured goods ........... 5 pence a mile Barges must give way to loaded craft.

  1. 1. Which cargo is cheapest to carry?
  2. 2. Why might manufactured goods cost more to carry than stone?
  3. 3. What does coal cost to carry?

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Answer key — Taking What You Need From a Source

Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The railway had opened in 1846 and carried goods the canal once carried. 2. The mill had shut. 3. Thomas Hall was 9.
  2. 2.1. Stone and gravel, at 1 penny a mile. 2. Manufactured goods were worth more, so the company charged more per ton. 3. 2 pence a mile per ton.

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