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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Three Words for Hard Times
D2.Eco.11.3-5
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Sort each one into the right word.
1.Sort each one: Inflation or Deflation or Unemployment?
Sort: Prices fall while debts stay the same, The same wage buys less bread, An upland labourer with no farm to work on
InflationDeflationUnemployment
2.Sort each one: Inflation or Deflation or Unemployment?
Sort: Cloth sells for less than it did, A weaver with a loom and no orders, Prices climb month after month
InflationDeflationUnemployment
3.Sort each one: Inflation or Deflation or Unemployment?
Sort: Men waiting at the mill gate for work, The same coin buys more coal than before, Rents rise across the mill district
InflationDeflationUnemployment
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.11.3-5 · Set 3 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Three Words for Hard Times
Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. An upland labourer with no farm to work on — Unemployment 2. Prices fall while debts stay the same — Deflation 3. The same wage buys less bread — Inflation
2.1. A weaver with a loom and no orders — Unemployment 2. Cloth sells for less than it did — Deflation 3. Prices climb month after month — Inflation
3.1. Men waiting at the mill gate for work — Unemployment 2. Rents rise across the mill district — Inflation 3. The same coin buys more coal than before — Deflation
More practice for D2.Eco.11.3-5
Explain what inflation, deflation and unemployment mean.
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