Whose Document Is This? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how a maker's perspective shaped a source, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.His.6.3-5. 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 students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 12 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 students have the same paper in front of them.
Whose Document Is This?
D2.His.6.3-5
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Look at the source, then answer the questions.
1.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
Minute of the School Board
A minute of the elected school board for the region, 1890.
SCHOOL BOARD, MINUTE OF MARCH 4, 1890
Present: nine members. Absent: two.
Resolved: that half-time working for children under eleven cease.
Voted: six for, three against.
Members against stated that families depend on the wage.
The clerk to inform the mill owners.
1. Why does a school board keep a minute of its votes?
2. Which body kept this minute, and when?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
Harbor Return of Cargo
A return of cargo landed at the harbor, submitted by the harbormaster 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. Why did the harbormaster submit a return of cargo?
2. Who submitted this return, and to whom?
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Answer key — Whose Document Is This?
Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. To record what was resolved and how members voted. 2. The elected school board for the region, on March 4, 1890.
2.1. So the board could see what was landed and what dues were collected. 2. The harbormaster submitted it to the board in 1888.
More practice for D2.His.6.3-5
Describe how a source's maker shaped what the source says.
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