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Lifting the Figure You Need is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on gathering relevant information from sources, aligned to Common Core standard D3.1.3-5. 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.

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Lifting the Figure You Need

D3.1.3-5

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Look at the source, then answer the questions.

1.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

A Disputed History of the Region

An extract from a regional history published in 1998. This is a SECONDARY work, and other historians disagree with it. THE REGION'S CENTURY The author argues the mills, not the harbour, made the region. Mill employment rose fastest and drew people from the uplands. Other historians point to the harbour returns and disagree. The author concedes the harbour paid for the roads and the schools. The dispute turns on which measure counts: people, or money.

  1. 1. What does the author argue made the region?
  2. 2. What does the author concede?
  3. 3. What do other historians point to?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

Circular From the Weavers' Union

A circular sent to members by the weavers' union during the same dispute, 1893. TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UNION The owners ask a shilling in the pound from wages already low. Their profits last year were published at 12,000 pounds. We ask every hand to stand out from Monday. The relief fund holds 340 pounds. That is nine days. Signed, the committee.

  1. 1. What does the committee ask members to do?
  2. 2. Why does the committee mention nine days?
  3. 3. How much is in the relief fund?

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Answer key — Lifting the Figure You Need

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  1. 1.1. The mills, not the harbour. 2. That the harbour paid for the roads and the schools. 3. The harbour returns.
  2. 2.1. To stand out from Monday. 2. Because the relief fund holds only 340 pounds, so the stand cannot last long. 3. 340 pounds, which is nine days.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D3.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.