Broadcast Then, Dashboard Now is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on means of changing society over time, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Civ.14.3-5. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask 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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Broadcast Then, Dashboard Now

D2.Civ.14.3-5

NameDate

Sort each method into then or now.

1.Sort each one: Used in the 1940s or Used today?

Sort: Printing and posting a pamphlet, Publishing a live progress dashboard, Filing a freedom of information request, Laying a white paper before Parliament

Used in the 1940sUsed today

2.Sort each one: Used in the 1940s or Used today?

Sort: Streaming a committee hearing, Speaking in a parliamentary debate, Broadcasting to the nation on radio, Running a hashtag campaign

Used in the 1940sUsed today

3.Sort each one: Used in the 1940s or Used today?

Sort: Publishing an open dataset, Organising through a messaging group, Commissioning a published poll, Writing to a national newspaper

Used in the 1940sUsed today

LessonPrint · D2.Civ.14.3-5 · Set 11 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Broadcast Then, Dashboard Now

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Filing a freedom of information request — Used today 2. Laying a white paper before Parliament — Used in the 1940s 3. Printing and posting a pamphlet — Used in the 1940s 4. Publishing a live progress dashboard — Used today
2.1. Broadcasting to the nation on radio — Used in the 1940s 2. Running a hashtag campaign — Used today 3. Speaking in a parliamentary debate — Used in the 1940s 4. Streaming a committee hearing — Used today
3.1. Commissioning a published poll — Used in the 1940s 2. Organising through a messaging group — Used today 3. Publishing an open dataset — Used today 4. Writing to a national newspaper — Used in the 1940s

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.14.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.