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.

Set 3 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

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: Commissioning a published poll, Writing to a national newspaper, Streaming a committee hearing, Publishing a live progress dashboard

Used in the 1940sUsed today

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

Sort: Speaking in a parliamentary debate, Publishing an open dataset, Running a hashtag campaign, Printing and posting a pamphlet

Used in the 1940sUsed today

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

Sort: Organising through a messaging group, Broadcasting to the nation on radio, Laying a white paper before Parliament, Filing a freedom of information request

Used in the 1940sUsed today

LessonPrint · D2.Civ.14.3-5 · Set 3 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Broadcast Then, Dashboard Now

Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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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.