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 3 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.
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. What does the return not tell you?
2. Was the region importing food or growing it?
LessonPrint · D2.His.11.3-5 · Set 3 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What the Document Assumes
Set 3. 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. It does not tell you who owned the cargo or who bought it. 2. Importing: 22,000 tons of grain were landed in one year.
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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