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 3 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.
Minute of the School Board
A minute of the elected school board for the region, 1890.
SCHOOL BOARD, MINUTE OF 4 MARCH 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. Which body kept this minute, and when?
2. Why does a school board keep a minute of its votes?
2.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?
LessonPrint · D2.His.6.3-5 · Set 3 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Whose Document Is This?
Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The elected school board for the region, on 4 March 1890. 2. To record what was resolved and how members voted.
2.1. To show the population by district so the returns could be compared. 2. The registrar printed it in 1891, from the census returns.
More practice for D2.His.6.3-5
Describe how a source's maker shaped what the source says.
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