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 23 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. What does the abstract not tell you?
2. Where were people moving to and from?
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 does the notice not tell you?
2. What did the owners expect the hands to do?
LessonPrint · D2.His.11.3-5 · Set 23 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What the Document Assumes
Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. It does not tell you why any person moved. 2. Away from the upland and marsh districts, towards the harbour and mill districts.
2.1. It does not tell you whether the hands accepted. 2. To accept the new rate and come to the gates Monday at six.
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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