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 25 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.
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. Who posted this notice and where?
2. Why did the owners post this notice?
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. Why did the harbourmaster submit a return of cargo?
2. Who submitted this return, and to whom?
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Answer key — Whose Document Is This?
Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The owners posted it at the mill gate, in 1893. 2. To tell the hands that wages must fall and that refusing means being paid off.
2.1. So the board could see what was landed and what dues were collected. 2. The harbourmaster 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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