One Change, Two Ledgers is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on effects of interdependence on different groups, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.15.3-5. 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 17 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.
One Change, Two Ledgers
D2.Eco.15.3-5
NameDate
Draw a line from each change to who gained and lost.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Cotton grows dear abroad
The harbour deepens and takes larger ships
Half-time working ends
Freight rates fall across the sea
A.Children gain schooling; poor families lose a wage
B.Importers gain; local shipowners earn less per voyage
C.Growers abroad gain; mill hands here face a wage cut
D.Shippers gain; the smaller neighbouring port loses trade
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Steam replaces water power
Piped water is laid in the mill district
Assisted passages are offered
Cheap imported grain lands at the harbour
A.Mill owners gain; upland water-mill villages lose work
B.Mill families gain; ratepayers elsewhere pay for it
C.Mill families eat better; upland farmers lose their market
D.Emigrants gain; the region loses its young workers
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Answer key — One Change, Two Ledgers
Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Cotton grows dear abroad — C (Growers abroad gain; mill hands here face a wage cut) 2. The harbour deepens and takes larger ships — D (Shippers gain; the smaller neighbouring port loses trade) 3. Half-time working ends — A (Children gain schooling; poor families lose a wage) 4. Freight rates fall across the sea — B (Importers gain; local shipowners earn less per voyage)
2.1. Steam replaces water power — A (Mill owners gain; upland water-mill villages lose work) 2. Piped water is laid in the mill district — B (Mill families gain; ratepayers elsewhere pay for it) 3. Assisted passages are offered — D (Emigrants gain; the region loses its young workers) 4. Cheap imported grain lands at the harbour — C (Mill families eat better; upland farmers lose their market)
More practice for D2.Eco.15.3-5
Explain how depending on trade helps some groups and hurts others.
Teaching this next? One Change, Two Ledgers is the 50-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.