What Each Kind of Source Shows is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how different kinds of source explain the past, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.9.3-5. 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 17 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.
What Each Kind of Source Shows
D2.His.9.3-5
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Draw a line from each source to what it shows.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A trade directory
An election poster
A timetable
A petition
A.Shows what voters were being offered
B.Shows what a group wanted and how many backed it
C.Shows which trades existed and in what numbers
D.Shows when a service ran and what it charged
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A modern history book
An admission register
A newspaper report
A toll table
A.Shows what goods moved and what carrying them cost
B.Shows how somebody later judged the whole story
C.Shows how an event was described at the time
D.Shows who fell into hardship, and the reason given
LessonPrint · D2.His.9.3-5 · Set 17 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What Each Kind of Source Shows
Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A trade directory — C (Shows which trades existed and in what numbers) 2. An election poster — A (Shows what voters were being offered) 3. A timetable — D (Shows when a service ran and what it charged) 4. A petition — B (Shows what a group wanted and how many backed it)
2.1. A modern history book — B (Shows how somebody later judged the whole story) 2. An admission register — D (Shows who fell into hardship, and the reason given) 3. A newspaper report — C (Shows how an event was described at the time) 4. A toll table — A (Shows what goods moved and what carrying them cost)
More practice for D2.His.9.3-5
Summarise how different kinds of source get used to explain the past.