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 2 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.
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?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
A Disputed History of the Region
An extract from a regional history published in 1998. This is a SECONDARY work, and other historians disagree with it.
THE REGION'S CENTURY
The author argues the mills, not the harbour, made the region.
Mill employment rose fastest and drew people from the uplands.
Other historians point to the harbour returns and disagree.
The author concedes the harbour paid for the roads and the schools.
The dispute turns on which measure counts: people, or money.
1. Why can two historians read the same century differently?
2. What does this extract not tell you?
LessonPrint · D2.His.11.3-5 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What the Document Assumes
Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Away from the upland and marsh districts, towards the harbour and mill districts. 2. It does not tell you why any person moved.
2.1. The dispute turns on which measure counts: people, or money. 2. It does not tell you which measure the author thinks should count, only that the dispute turns on it.
More practice for D2.His.11.3-5
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