Who Made It, and Why is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how a maker's perspective shaped a source, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.6.3-5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 23 of them with 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 20 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 23 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Who Made It, and Why
D2.His.6.3-5
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Look at the source, then answer the questions.
1.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
Workhouse Admission Register
A page from the county workhouse register, 1847, kept by the record office.
ADMITTED, MARCH 1847
Hall, Sarah, 42, widow, no work since the mill shut.
Hall, Thomas, 9, son.
Dunn, Patrick, 55, labourer, canal work ended.
Ware, Ellen, 28, no settled home.
Discharged this month: 3 persons.
1. Why did the workhouse keep an admission register?
2. Where is this register kept and from when?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
Newspaper Report: The Railway Opens
A report in the county newspaper, printed the week the railway opened in 1846.
THE LINE IS OPEN
The first train reached the county town in one hour.
By road the same journey took most of a day.
Farmers may now send milk to the town while it is fresh.
The canal company has cut its charges in answer.
Some say the noise and smoke will spoil the valley.
1. Why did the newspaper report the opening?
2. When and where was this report printed?
LessonPrint · D2.His.6.3-5 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Who Made It, and Why
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. To record who was admitted, their age and why they had no work. 2. The record office keeps it; it is from 1847.
2.1. Because a journey that took most of a day now took one hour, which was news. 2. In the county newspaper, the week the railway opened in 1846.
More practice for D2.His.6.3-5
Describe how a source's maker shaped what the source says.
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