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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.

County Election Poster

A poster printed for a candidate in the county council election, 1889. VOTE FOR JAMES OKONKWO For clean water in every village. For a school within walking distance of every child. For repair of the county roads. Your rates should be spent where you live. Polling on 12 January.

  1. 1. What does the candidate promise about schools?
  2. 2. When is polling?
  3. 3. Name one other promise on the poster.
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

County Trade Directory

A page from a printed trade directory of the county, 1850. TRADES OF THE VALLEY, 1850 Boat builders ................ 2 Blacksmiths .................. 7 Railway porters .............. 11 Wharf labourers .............. 4 Milliners .................... 3 Schoolmasters ................ 2

  1. 1. Which trade has the most people?
  2. 2. How many railway porters are listed?
  3. 3. Why might there be more railway porters than wharf labourers?

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Answer key — Taking What You Need From a Source

Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A school within walking distance of every child. 2. 12 January. 3. Clean water in every village.
  2. 2.1. Railway porters, with 11. 2. 11 railway porters. 3. Because the railway had opened and was carrying the goods the wharf once handled.

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