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, Asking 2,000 adults what should come first, Choosing to build upward on cleared land

National governmentCity councilNeither: private body

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

Sort: Reporting completions to a committee, Allocating scarce materials between regions, Deciding what a newspaper reports

National governmentCity councilNeither: private body

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

Sort: Publishing a history of the period, Signing a trade agreement with another country, Keeping the local waiting list

National governmentCity councilNeither: private body

LessonPrint · D2.Civ.5.3-5 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Government, Council or Neither?

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

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