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.

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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.

Emigration Agent's Ledger

A page from the ledger of a shipping agent who sold passages abroad, 1885. PASSAGES BOOKED, SPRING 1885 Adeyemi, Joseph, 24, mason, one passage, 4 pounds. Carrick family, 6 persons, farm labourer, 21 pounds. Novak, Anna, 19, servant, one passage, 4 pounds. Reid, Thomas, 41, weaver, one passage, deferred, unpaid. Note: fares to be paid before sailing. No refunds.

1. Why is Thomas Reid's passage marked deferred and unpaid?
2. What does the ledger 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 does the notice not tell you?
2. What did the owners expect the hands to do?

LessonPrint · D2.His.11.3-5 · Set 5 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What the Document Assumes

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. He could not pay the fare, and fares had to be paid before sailing. 2. It does not tell you whether any of these people arrived.
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

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.11.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.