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Two Things at Once is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on sequencing to compare simultaneous developments, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.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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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Two Things at Once

D2.His.1.3-5

NameDate

Number the events from 1 to 4.

1.Order these. Follow the milk and the coal together.
  • Milk can only be sold within walking distance
  • Coal moves by canal at 2 pence a mile
  • The railway opens and takes the coal traffic
  • Milk goes fresh to the county town by train
2.Order these. A family and a company, at once.
  • Patrick Dunn works as a canal labourer
  • The canal company cuts its charges
  • Dunn is admitted to the workhouse in 1847
  • The railway opens in 1846

LessonPrint · D2.His.1.3-5 · Set 5 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Two Things at Once

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Correct order: 2, 1, 3, 4
  2. 2.Correct order: 1, 4, 2, 3

More practice for D2.His.1.3-5

Use a timeline to compare things that were happening at the same time.

Teaching this next? Two Stories Running at Once is the 45-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.