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 9 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. What did the petitioners want?
2. When was the petition sent and to whom?
2.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. Where is this register kept and from when?
2. Why did the workhouse keep an admission register?
LessonPrint · D2.His.6.3-5 · Set 9 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Who Made It, and Why
Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. That the railway line be refused, or that work be found for them. 2. In 1844, to Parliament.
2.1. The record office keeps it; it is from 1847. 2. To record who was admitted, their age and why they had no work.
More practice for D2.His.6.3-5
Describe how a source's maker shaped what the source says.
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