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What Art and Stories Tell Us is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on what writers' and artists' work shows about life in the past, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.His.2.3-5. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students 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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What Art and Stories Tell Us

D2.His.2.3-5

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1.What does the Statue of Liberty stand for to many immigrants?
  • A.The end of a war with France
  • B.Freedom, and a welcome to a new home
  • C.A warning to stay away
2.Why are Hokusai's prints of waves and Mount Fuji famous around the world?
  • A.They are the oldest maps of America
  • B.They were painted on the Moon
  • C.They show Japanese landscapes and inspired artists in many countries
3.Why does Maria Martinez's pottery matter to San Ildefonso Pueblo?
  • A.It was made in a factory in Europe
  • B.It shows the Moon landing
  • C.It carried on and renewed the Pueblo's pottery tradition
4.Why do people around the world still read Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales?
  • A.They are the laws of Denmark
  • B.They are true news reports
  • C.Families in many countries share and retell his stories
5.Why was Phillis Wheatley's 1773 book of poems important?
  • A.It was the first newspaper in America
  • B.It was the first map of Boston
  • C.It made her the first African American woman to publish a book of poems
6.How did Ansel Adams's photographs help America's wild places?
  • A.They sold land to mining companies
  • B.They helped build highways through the parks
  • C.They showed people the beauty of lands worth protecting as parks
7.Why do historians study Dorothea Lange's photographs from the 1930s?
  • A.They show the first Thanksgiving
  • B.They show how families lived through the Great Depression
  • C.They show life in ancient Rome
8.What do Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series paintings help us understand?
  • A.How the Pilgrims crossed the ocean
  • B.How farmers used tractors in 1990
  • C.Why many African Americans moved from the South to cities in the North

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Answer key — What Art and Stories Tell Us

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Freedom, and a welcome to a new home
  2. 2.They show Japanese landscapes and inspired artists in many countries
  3. 3.It carried on and renewed the Pueblo's pottery tradition
  4. 4.Families in many countries share and retell his stories
  5. 5.It made her the first African American woman to publish a book of poems
  6. 6.They showed people the beauty of lands worth protecting as parks
  7. 7.They show how families lived through the Great Depression
  8. 8.Why many African Americans moved from the South to cities in the North

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.2.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.