Feeding the Big Question is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on linking supporting questions to a compelling one, aligned to Common Core standard D1.4.3-5. 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 10 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.
Feeding the Big Question
D1.4.3-5
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Draw a line from each compelling question to a supporting one.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Compelling: Who decided about children's work?
Compelling: What made the region grow?
Compelling: How long could a strike last?
Compelling: Could people escape a failing trade?
A.Supporting: Which district gained most people by 1891?
B.Supporting: What did the relief fund hold?
C.Supporting: What did one passage abroad cost?
D.Supporting: How did the school board vote in 1890?
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Compelling: Is the 1998 account reliable?
Compelling: What did the harbour pay for?
Compelling: Why did people die younger in some districts?
Compelling: Who bore the cost of poor trade?
A.Supporting: How many houses had piped water?
B.Supporting: How much was collected in dues?
C.Supporting: How much was a shilling in the pound worth?
D.Supporting: Which records does it cite?
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Answer key — Feeding the Big Question
Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Compelling: Who decided about children's work? — D (Supporting: How did the school board vote in 1890?) 2. Compelling: What made the region grow? — A (Supporting: Which district gained most people by 1891?) 3. Compelling: How long could a strike last? — B (Supporting: What did the relief fund hold?) 4. Compelling: Could people escape a failing trade? — C (Supporting: What did one passage abroad cost?)
2.1. Compelling: Is the 1998 account reliable? — D (Supporting: Which records does it cite?) 2. Compelling: What did the harbour pay for? — B (Supporting: How much was collected in dues?) 3. Compelling: Why did people die younger in some districts? — A (Supporting: How many houses had piped water?) 4. Compelling: Who bore the cost of poor trade? — C (Supporting: How much was a shilling in the pound worth?)
More practice for D1.4.3-5
Explain how the smaller questions add up to an answer to the big one.
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