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 19 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: Is the 1998 account reliable?
Compelling: How long could a strike last?
Compelling: Who bore the cost of poor trade?
A.Supporting: How much was collected in dues?
B.Supporting: Which records does it cite?
C.Supporting: How much was a shilling in the pound worth?
D.Supporting: What did the relief fund hold?
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Compelling: Could people escape a failing trade?
Compelling: What made the region grow?
Compelling: Why did people die younger in some districts?
Compelling: Who decided about children's work?
A.Supporting: Which district gained most people by 1891?
B.Supporting: How many houses had piped water?
C.Supporting: How did the school board vote in 1890?
D.Supporting: What did one passage abroad cost?
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Answer key — Feeding the Big Question
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Compelling: What did the harbour pay for? — A (Supporting: How much was collected in dues?) 2. Compelling: Is the 1998 account reliable? — B (Supporting: Which records does it cite?) 3. Compelling: How long could a strike last? — D (Supporting: What did the relief fund hold?) 4. Compelling: Who bore the cost of poor trade? — C (Supporting: How much was a shilling in the pound worth?)
2.1. Compelling: Could people escape a failing trade? — D (Supporting: What did one passage abroad cost?) 2. Compelling: What made the region grow? — A (Supporting: Which district gained most people by 1891?) 3. Compelling: Why did people die younger in some districts? — B (Supporting: How many houses had piped water?) 4. Compelling: Who decided about children's work? — C (Supporting: How did the school board vote in 1890?)
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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