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.
Notice to the Mill Hands
A notice posted at the mill gate by the owners during a dispute, 1893.
TO THE HANDS OF ALBION MILL
Wages must fall by one shilling in the pound.
Trade is poor and cotton is dear.
Any hand refusing the new rate will be paid off.
The gates open Monday at six as usual.
By order of the owners.
1. What reason do the owners give?
2. By how much must wages fall?
3. What happens to a hand who refuses?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
Medical Officer's Health Table
A table from the annual report of the district medical officer, 1889.
DEATHS PER THOUSAND, BY DISTRICT
Harbour district ....... 24
Mill district .......... 27
Upland district ........ 15
Marsh district ......... 19
Houses with piped water, mill district: 1 in 6.
The officer recommends a piped supply for every street.
1. Why might the mill district have the highest death rate?
2. Which district had the lowest?
3. How many houses in the mill district had piped water?
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Answer key — Lifting the Figure You Need
Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Trade is poor and cotton is dear. 2. One shilling in the pound. 3. Any hand refusing the new rate will be paid off.
2.1. Only 1 house in 6 had piped water, and the officer links water to deaths. 2. The upland district, at 15 per thousand. 3. 1 house in 6 had piped water.
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