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.
Set 7 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.
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.
A housing act funded council building
Rent law limited what landlords could charge
A law required councils to keep waiting lists
Tenants organised for that rent law
A.Families kept homes they would have been priced out of
B.People changed the law that then changed their rents
C.Millions moved from shared rooms into new homes
D.The size of the need became a public fact
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Planning law controlled where building went
A law required published building figures
Campaigners pressed for that act
Trade law allowed fixed-price agreements
A.Progress could be judged rather than asserted
B.Cleared land was used to a plan rather than piecemeal
C.Governments could guarantee supply for five years
D.People changed a law that then changed where they lived
LessonPrint · D2.Civ.12.3-5 · Set 7 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Laws That Moved a Nation Indoors
Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A housing act funded council building — C (Millions moved from shared rooms into new homes) 2. Rent law limited what landlords could charge — A (Families kept homes they would have been priced out of) 3. A law required councils to keep waiting lists — D (The size of the need became a public fact) 4. Tenants organised for that rent law — B (People changed the law that then changed their rents)
2.1. Planning law controlled where building went — B (Cleared land was used to a plan rather than piecemeal) 2. A law required published building figures — A (Progress could be judged rather than asserted) 3. Campaigners pressed for that act — D (People changed a law that then changed where they lived) 4. Trade law allowed fixed-price agreements — C (Governments could guarantee supply for five years)
More practice for D2.Civ.12.3-5
Explain how laws change a society, and how people change laws.