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 Common Core standard 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 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.

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.

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 did the agent keep this ledger?
2. Whose ledger is this and from when?

2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

A Disputed History of the Region

An extract from a regional history published in 1998. This is a SECONDARY work, and other historians disagree with it. THE REGION'S CENTURY The author argues the mills, not the harbour, made the region. Mill employment rose fastest and drew people from the uplands. Other historians point to the harbour returns and disagree. The author concedes the harbour paid for the roads and the schools. The dispute turns on which measure counts: people, or money.

1. When was this published, and what kind of work is it?
2. What is the author trying to establish?

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Answer key — Whose Document Is This?

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. To record passages booked and whether the fares were paid before sailing. 2. A shipping agent who sold passages abroad, in 1885.
2.1. In 1998, and it is a secondary work that other historians disagree with. 2. That the mills rather than the harbour made the region.

More practice for D2.His.6.3-5

Describe how a source's maker shaped what the source says.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.6.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.