Three Words for Hard Times is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on inflation, deflation and unemployment, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.11.3-5. It prints 3 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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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Three Words for Hard Times
D2.Eco.11.3-5
NameDate
Sort each one into the right word.
1.Sort each one: Inflation or Deflation or Unemployment?
Sort: Cotton costs more this year than last, Shippers cut freight rates year on year, Men waiting at the mill gate for work
InflationDeflationUnemployment
2.Sort each one: Inflation or Deflation or Unemployment?
Sort: A weaver with a loom and no orders, Prices climb month after month, Prices fall while debts stay the same
InflationDeflationUnemployment
3.Sort each one: Inflation or Deflation or Unemployment?
Sort: The same wage buys less bread, Cloth sells for less than it did, An upland labourer with no farm to work on
InflationDeflationUnemployment
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.11.3-5 · Set 25 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Three Words for Hard Times
Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Cotton costs more this year than last — Inflation 2. Men waiting at the mill gate for work — Unemployment 3. Shippers cut freight rates year on year — Deflation
2.1. A weaver with a loom and no orders — Unemployment 2. Prices climb month after month — Inflation 3. Prices fall while debts stay the same — Deflation
3.1. An upland labourer with no farm to work on — Unemployment 2. Cloth sells for less than it did — Deflation 3. The same wage buys less bread — Inflation
More practice for D2.Eco.11.3-5
Explain what inflation, deflation and unemployment mean.
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