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Intentions Are Not Outcomes is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on judging a source's usefulness for a topic, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.13.3-5. It prints 8 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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Intentions Are Not Outcomes

D2.His.13.3-5

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Circle the best answer.

1.Why does a source's usefulness change with the topic?
  • A.Sources change over time
  • B.Some sources are always best
  • C.Each source was made for one purpose and is silent beyond it
2.Topic: what the government intended. How useful is the white paper?
  • A.Very useful: it states the target, the method and the funding
  • B.Very useful: it says what happened
  • C.Useless: it is only a proposal
3.Topic: what was actually built. How useful is the white paper?
  • A.Of no use: it was written before any of it happened
  • B.Very useful: targets are outcomes
  • C.Useful for the totals
4.Topic: one city's delivery. How useful is the council report?
  • A.Very useful: completions, waiting list and the cause of two delays
  • B.Useful for national totals
  • C.Useless: one city only
5.Topic: what most readers thought. How useful is the letters page?
  • A.Very useful: letters are honest
  • B.Useless: letters are opinion
  • C.Limited: an editor chose three from an unknown number
6.Topic: the causes of the shortfall. How useful is the broadcast?
  • A.Of no use at all
  • B.Useful, though it is the government's own account of its own failure
  • C.Neutral and complete
7.Topic: public opinion in 1947. How useful is the poll?
  • A.Complete on its own
  • B.Of no use at all
  • C.Partly useful: it gives a sample, drawn in towns only
8.Topic: supply of materials. How useful is the trade agreement?
  • A.Of no use whatever
  • B.Useful for what was promised, silent on what arrived
  • C.Complete on its own

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Answer key — Intentions Are Not Outcomes

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  1. 1.Each source was made for one purpose and is silent beyond it
  2. 2.Very useful: it states the target, the method and the funding
  3. 3.Of no use: it was written before any of it happened
  4. 4.Very useful: completions, waiting list and the cause of two delays
  5. 5.Limited: an editor chose three from an unknown number
  6. 6.Useful, though it is the government's own account of its own failure
  7. 7.Partly useful: it gives a sample, drawn in towns only
  8. 8.Useful for what was promised, silent on what arrived

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.13.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.