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 22 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 made the region grow?
Compelling: Why did people die younger in some districts?
Compelling: What did the harbour pay for?
Compelling: Could people escape a failing trade?
A.Supporting: What did one passage abroad cost?
B.Supporting: Which district gained most people by 1891?
C.Supporting: How much was collected in dues?
D.Supporting: How many houses had piped water?
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Compelling: Who decided about children's work?
Compelling: Who bore the cost of poor trade?
Compelling: How long could a strike last?
Compelling: Is the 1998 account reliable?
A.Supporting: How did the school board vote in 1890?
B.Supporting: How much was a shilling in the pound worth?
C.Supporting: Which records does it cite?
D.Supporting: What did the relief fund hold?
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Answer key — Feeding the Big Question
Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Compelling: What made the region grow? — B (Supporting: Which district gained most people by 1891?) 2. Compelling: Why did people die younger in some districts? — D (Supporting: How many houses had piped water?) 3. Compelling: What did the harbour pay for? — C (Supporting: How much was collected in dues?) 4. Compelling: Could people escape a failing trade? — A (Supporting: What did one passage abroad cost?)
2.1. Compelling: Who decided about children's work? — A (Supporting: How did the school board vote in 1890?) 2. Compelling: Who bore the cost of poor trade? — B (Supporting: How much was a shilling in the pound worth?) 3. Compelling: How long could a strike last? — D (Supporting: What did the relief fund hold?) 4. Compelling: Is the 1998 account reliable? — C (Supporting: Which records does it cite?)
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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