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

Harbour Return of Cargo

A return of cargo landed at the harbour, submitted by the harbourmaster to the board in 1888. CARGO LANDED, YEAR ENDING 1888 Timber ............ 14,000 tons Grain ............. 22,000 tons Coal (outward) .... 31,000 tons Cotton ............ 6,500 tons Vessels entered: 412. Vessels lost at sea: 3. Dues collected: 4,180 pounds.

  1. 1. How much grain was landed in 1888?
  2. 2. How much coal went outward?
  3. 3. How many vessels entered the harbour?

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Answer key — Lifting the Figure You Need

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The harbour returns. 2. That the harbour paid for the roads and the schools. 3. The mills, not the harbour.
  2. 2.1. 22,000 tons of grain. 2. 31,000 tons of coal went outward. 3. 412 vessels entered.

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