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 3 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.
Petition Against the Railway
A petition sent to Parliament in 1844 by canal workers and boat owners.
To the honourable members,
We are boatmen and wharf workers of this valley.
The proposed railway will take the coal and corn we carry.
Two hundred families live by the canal.
We ask that the line be refused, or that work be found for us.
Signed by 84 hands.
1. When was the petition sent and to whom?
2. What did the petitioners want?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
County Election Poster
A poster printed for a candidate in the county council election, 1889.
VOTE FOR JAMES OKONKWO
For clean water in every village.
For a school within walking distance of every child.
For repair of the county roads.
Your rates should be spent where you live.
Polling on 12 January.
1. Who printed this poster and for what?
2. Why did the candidate print promises rather than facts?
LessonPrint · D2.His.6.3-5 · Set 3 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Who Made It, and Why
Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. In 1844, to Parliament. 2. That the railway line be refused, or that work be found for them.
2.1. It was printed for James Okonkwo, a candidate in the 1889 county council election. 2. To persuade voters to choose him at the polling on 12 January.
More practice for D2.His.6.3-5
Describe how a source's maker shaped what the source says.
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