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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. What work had Patrick Dunn done?
  3. 3. Why did Sarah Hall have no work?
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. 1. How long does the journey take?
  2. 2. Why might first class cost four times as much?
  3. 3. How many trains run each day?

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Answer key — Taking What You Need From a Source

Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The railway had opened in 1846 and carried goods the canal once carried. 2. He was a labourer on canal work. 3. The mill had shut.
  2. 2.1. One hour: leave 7 in the morning, arrive 8. 2. First class travellers were not open to the weather, unlike third class. 3. Three trains a day.

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