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.
Set 12 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
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: Deciding which cleared sites to build on, Publishing a history of the period, Setting the national housing target
National governmentCity councilNeither: private body
2.Sort each one: National government or City council or Neither: private body?
Sort: Reporting completions to a committee, Deciding what a newspaper reports, Signing a trade agreement with another country
National governmentCity councilNeither: private body
3.Sort each one: National government or City council or Neither: private body?
Sort: Choosing to build upward on cleared land, Laying a white paper before Parliament, Selecting which letters to print
National governmentCity councilNeither: private body
LessonPrint · D2.Civ.5.3-5 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Government, Council or Neither?
Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Deciding which cleared sites to build on — City council 2. Publishing a history of the period — Neither: private body 3. Setting the national housing target — National government
2.1. Deciding what a newspaper reports — Neither: private body 2. Reporting completions to a committee — City council 3. Signing a trade agreement with another country — National government
3.1. Choosing to build upward on cleared land — City council 2. Laying a white paper before Parliament — National government 3. Selecting which letters to print — Neither: private body
More practice for D2.Civ.5.3-5
Explain where different systems of government came from and how they are built.