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 21 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: Asking 2,000 adults what should come first, Setting the national housing target, Keeping the local waiting list
National governmentCity councilNeither: private body
2.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, Reporting completions to a committee
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, Selecting which letters to print, Choosing to build upward on cleared land
National governmentCity councilNeither: private body
LessonPrint · D2.Civ.5.3-5 · Set 21 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Government, Council or Neither?
Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Asking 2,000 adults what should come first — Neither: private body 2. Keeping the local waiting list — City council 3. Setting the national housing target — National government
2.1. Publishing a history of the period — 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.