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 16 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: What did the harbour pay for?
Compelling: How long could a strike last?
Compelling: Why did people die younger in some districts?
Compelling: What made the region grow?
A.Supporting: What did the relief fund hold?
B.Supporting: How much was collected in dues?
C.Supporting: Which district gained most people by 1891?
D.Supporting: How many houses had piped water?
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Compelling: Who bore the cost of poor trade?
Compelling: Is the 1998 account reliable?
Compelling: Who decided about children's work?
Compelling: Could people escape a failing trade?
A.Supporting: What did one passage abroad cost?
B.Supporting: How much was a shilling in the pound worth?
C.Supporting: How did the school board vote in 1890?
D.Supporting: Which records does it cite?
LessonPrint · D1.4.3-5 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Feeding the Big Question
Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Compelling: What did the harbour pay for? — B (Supporting: How much was collected in dues?) 2. Compelling: How long could a strike last? — A (Supporting: What did the relief fund hold?) 3. Compelling: Why did people die younger in some districts? — D (Supporting: How many houses had piped water?) 4. Compelling: What made the region grow? — C (Supporting: Which district gained most people by 1891?)
2.1. Compelling: Who bore the cost of poor trade? — B (Supporting: How much was a shilling in the pound worth?) 2. Compelling: Is the 1998 account reliable? — D (Supporting: Which records does it cite?) 3. Compelling: Who decided about children's work? — C (Supporting: How did the school board vote in 1890?) 4. Compelling: Could people escape a failing trade? — A (Supporting: What did one passage abroad cost?)
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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