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
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Draw a line from each law to what it changed.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Trade law allowed fixed-price agreements
A housing act funded council building
A law required councils to keep waiting lists
Planning law controlled where building went
A.Millions moved from shared rooms into new homes
B.The size of the need became a public fact
C.Governments could guarantee supply for five years
D.Cleared land was used to a plan rather than piecemeal
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Campaigners pressed for that act
Tenants organised for that rent law
Rent law limited what landlords could charge
A law required published building figures
A.Progress could be judged rather than asserted
B.Families kept homes they would have been priced out of
C.People changed a law that then changed where they lived
D.People changed the law that then changed their rents
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Answer key — Laws That Moved a Nation Indoors
Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Trade law allowed fixed-price agreements — C (Governments could guarantee supply for five years) 2. A housing act funded council building — A (Millions moved from shared rooms into new homes) 3. A law required councils to keep waiting lists — B (The size of the need became a public fact) 4. Planning law controlled where building went — D (Cleared land was used to a plan rather than piecemeal)
2.1. Campaigners pressed for that act — C (People changed a law that then changed where they lived) 2. Tenants organised for that rent law — D (People changed the law that then changed their rents) 3. Rent law limited what landlords could charge — B (Families kept homes they would have been priced out of) 4. A law required published building figures — A (Progress could be judged rather than asserted)
More practice for D2.Civ.12.3-5
Explain how laws change a society, and how people change laws.