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: Writing to a national newspaper, Printing and posting a pamphlet, Publishing an open dataset, Filing a freedom of information request

Used in the 1940sUsed today

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

Sort: Streaming a committee hearing, Laying a white paper before Parliament, Publishing a live progress dashboard, Broadcasting to the nation on radio

Used in the 1940sUsed today

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

Sort: Running a hashtag campaign, Speaking in a parliamentary debate, Organising through a messaging group, Commissioning a published poll

Used in the 1940sUsed today

LessonPrint · D2.Civ.14.3-5 · Set 21 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Broadcast Then, Dashboard Now

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

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