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.
Set 8 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Taking What You Need From a Source
D3.1.3-5
NameDate
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. Why might first class cost four times as much?
2. What does a third class fare cost?
3. How many trains run each day?
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. How many railway porters are listed?
2. How many wharf labourers are listed?
3. Why might there be more railway porters than wharf labourers?
LessonPrint · D3.1.3-5 · Set 8 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Taking What You Need From a Source
Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. First class travellers were not open to the weather, unlike third class. 2. 6 pence. 3. Three trains a day.
2.1. 11 railway porters. 2. 4 wharf labourers. 3. Because the railway had opened and was carrying the goods the wharf once handled.
More practice for D3.1.3-5
Gather what you need from several sources, choosing each for a reason.