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 19 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 newspaper report
A trade directory
A petition
An admission register
A.Shows how an event was described at the time
B.Shows who fell into hardship, and the reason given
C.Shows which trades existed and in what numbers
D.Shows what a group wanted and how many backed it
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A toll table
An election poster
A modern history book
A timetable
A.Shows how somebody later judged the whole story
B.Shows when a service ran and what it charged
C.Shows what voters were being offered
D.Shows what goods moved and what carrying them cost
LessonPrint · D2.His.9.3-5 · Set 19 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What Each Kind of Source Shows
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A newspaper report — A (Shows how an event was described at the time) 2. A trade directory — C (Shows which trades existed and in what numbers) 3. A petition — D (Shows what a group wanted and how many backed it) 4. An admission register — B (Shows who fell into hardship, and the reason given)
2.1. A toll table — D (Shows what goods moved and what carrying them cost) 2. An election poster — C (Shows what voters were being offered) 3. A modern history book — A (Shows how somebody later judged the whole story) 4. A timetable — B (Shows when a service ran and what it charged)
More practice for D2.His.9.3-5
Summarise how different kinds of source get used to explain the past.