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.
Set 19 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.
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.
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. Why was an abstract of the census printed?
2. Who printed this abstract and when?
2.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. Why did the medical officer publish these deaths per thousand?
2. Who wrote this table and when?
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Answer key — Whose Document Is This?
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. To show the population by district so the returns could be compared. 2. The registrar printed it in 1891, from the census returns.
2.1. To support his recommendation of a piped supply for every street. 2. The district medical officer, in his annual report of 1889.
More practice for D2.His.6.3-5
Describe how a source's maker shaped what the source says.
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