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 9 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.
Rent law limited what landlords could charge
A law required published building figures
Planning law controlled where building went
A housing act funded council building
A.Progress could be judged rather than asserted
B.Cleared land was used to a plan rather than piecemeal
C.Millions moved from shared rooms into new homes
D.Families kept homes they would have been priced out of
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Tenants organised for that rent law
Trade law allowed fixed-price agreements
A law required councils to keep waiting lists
Campaigners pressed for that act
A.People changed the law that then changed their rents
B.Governments could guarantee supply for five years
C.The size of the need became a public fact
D.People changed a law that then changed where they lived
LessonPrint · D2.Civ.12.3-5 · Set 9 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Laws That Moved a Nation Indoors
Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Rent law limited what landlords could charge — D (Families kept homes they would have been priced out of) 2. A law required published building figures — A (Progress could be judged rather than asserted) 3. Planning law controlled where building went — B (Cleared land was used to a plan rather than piecemeal) 4. A housing act funded council building — C (Millions moved from shared rooms into new homes)
2.1. Tenants organised for that rent law — A (People changed the law that then changed their rents) 2. Trade law allowed fixed-price agreements — B (Governments could guarantee supply for five years) 3. A law required councils to keep waiting lists — C (The size of the need became a public fact) 4. Campaigners pressed for that act — D (People changed a law that then changed where they lived)
More practice for D2.Civ.12.3-5
Explain how laws change a society, and how people change laws.