Laws That Moved a Nation Indoors is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how laws change society and people change laws, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Civ.12.3-5. It prints 2 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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Laws That Moved a Nation Indoors
D2.Civ.12.3-5
NameDate
Draw a line from each law to what it changed.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A housing act funded council building
Campaigners pressed for that act
A law required published building figures
Planning law controlled where building went
A.Cleared land was used to a plan rather than piecemeal
B.Millions moved from shared rooms into new homes
C.People changed a law that then changed where they lived
D.Progress could be judged rather than asserted
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Trade law allowed fixed-price agreements
Rent law limited what landlords could charge
Tenants organised for that rent law
A law required councils to keep waiting lists
A.The size of the need became a public fact
B.Governments could guarantee supply for five years
C.People changed the law that then changed their rents
D.Families kept homes they would have been priced out of
LessonPrint · D2.Civ.12.3-5 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Laws That Moved a Nation Indoors
Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A housing act funded council building — B (Millions moved from shared rooms into new homes) 2. Campaigners pressed for that act — C (People changed a law that then changed where they lived) 3. A law required published building figures — D (Progress could be judged rather than asserted) 4. Planning law controlled where building went — A (Cleared land was used to a plan rather than piecemeal)
2.1. Trade law allowed fixed-price agreements — B (Governments could guarantee supply for five years) 2. Rent law limited what landlords could charge — D (Families kept homes they would have been priced out of) 3. Tenants organised for that rent law — C (People changed the law that then changed their rents) 4. A law required councils to keep waiting lists — A (The size of the need became a public fact)
More practice for D2.Civ.12.3-5
Explain how laws change a society, and how people change laws.