What the Document Assumes is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on inferring audience and purpose from a source, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.11.3-5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 23 of them with 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 15 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 23 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
What the Document Assumes
D2.His.11.3-5
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Look at the source, then answer the questions.
1.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. What does the table not tell you?
2. What link is the officer suggesting?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
Census Abstract for the Region
An abstract of the census returns for four districts, printed by the registrar in 1891.
POPULATION BY DISTRICT, 1861 AND 1891
Harbour district ....... 4,100 rising to 9,700
Mill district .......... 6,300 rising to 11,200
Upland district ........ 3,800 falling to 2,100
Marsh district ......... 1,900 falling to 1,400
Persons born outside the region, 1891: 5,240.
1. Where were people moving to and from?
2. What does the abstract not tell you?
LessonPrint · D2.His.11.3-5 · Set 15 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What the Document Assumes
Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. It does not tell you what people died of. 2. That districts with little piped water have higher deaths per thousand.
2.1. Away from the upland and marsh districts, towards the harbour and mill districts. 2. It does not tell you why any person moved.
More practice for D2.His.11.3-5
Work out who a source was made for and why, from the source itself.
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