Government, Council or Neither? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on structure of government and what lies outside it, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Civ.5.3-5. 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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Government, Council or Neither?

D2.Civ.5.3-5

NameDate

Sort each action into who does it.

1.Sort each one: National government or City council or Neither: private body?

Sort: Setting the national housing target, Choosing to build upward on cleared land, Deciding what a newspaper reports

National governmentCity councilNeither: private body

2.Sort each one: National government or City council or Neither: private body?

Sort: Allocating scarce materials between regions, Reporting completions to a committee, Publishing a history of the period

National governmentCity councilNeither: private body

3.Sort each one: National government or City council or Neither: private body?

Sort: Laying a white paper before Parliament, Keeping the local waiting list, Asking 2,000 adults what should come first

National governmentCity councilNeither: private body

LessonPrint · D2.Civ.5.3-5 · Set 10 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Government, Council or Neither?

Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Choosing to build upward on cleared land — City council 2. Deciding what a newspaper reports — Neither: private body 3. Setting the national housing target — National government
2.1. Allocating scarce materials between regions — National government 2. Publishing a history of the period — Neither: private body 3. Reporting completions to a committee — City council
3.1. Asking 2,000 adults what should come first — Neither: private body 2. Keeping the local waiting list — City council 3. Laying a white paper before Parliament — National government

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.5.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.