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 21 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.
Harbour Return of Cargo
A return of cargo landed at the harbour, submitted by the harbourmaster to the board in 1888.
CARGO LANDED, YEAR ENDING 1888
Timber ............ 14,000 tons
Grain ............. 22,000 tons
Coal (outward) .... 31,000 tons
Cotton ............ 6,500 tons
Vessels entered: 412. Vessels lost at sea: 3.
Dues collected: 4,180 pounds.
1. Was the region importing food or growing it?
2. What does the return not tell you?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
Notice to the Mill Hands
A notice posted at the mill gate by the owners during a dispute, 1893.
TO THE HANDS OF ALBION MILL
Wages must fall by one shilling in the pound.
Trade is poor and cotton is dear.
Any hand refusing the new rate will be paid off.
The gates open Monday at six as usual.
By order of the owners.
1. What did the owners expect the hands to do?
2. What does the notice not tell you?
LessonPrint · D2.His.11.3-5 · Set 21 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What the Document Assumes
Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Importing: 22,000 tons of grain were landed in one year. 2. It does not tell you who owned the cargo or who bought it.
2.1. To accept the new rate and come to the gates Monday at six. 2. It does not tell you whether the hands accepted.
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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