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Mapping a Program's Progress is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on constructing maps of familiar and unfamiliar places, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Geo.1.3-5. 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 students 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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Mapping a Program's Progress

D2.Geo.1.3-5

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Circle the best answer.

1.You are mapping a country you have never visited. What do you use?
  • A.A blank sheet
  • B.Published statistics, charts and existing maps of it
  • C.Your imagination
2.Why put the year on a map of a rebuilding program?
  • A.Because the same districts had different rates in other years
  • B.It fills space
  • C.Titles need dates
3.You map homes built per thousand people by district. Why per thousand?
  • A.It looks scientific
  • B.It uses fewer digits
  • C.So a large district and a small one can be compared fairly
4.What must a key show on a map of building rates?
  • A.What each shade means in homes per thousand people
  • B.The paper size
  • C.Who drew it
5.Why might two honest maps of one program look opposite?
  • A.One is wrong
  • B.One shows homes built and the other homes still needed
  • C.Maps must agree
6.What does a scale bar let a reader do on a national map?
  • A.Find the year
  • B.Read the key
  • C.Judge real distances between the districts shown
7.Your map shades a district you have no figures for. What is wrong?
  • A.It shows a value that does not exist; it should be marked no data
  • B.Shading is difficult
  • C.It uses ink
8.Why show completions and waiting lists on separate maps?
  • A.Lists are private
  • B.Two maps look better
  • C.One map showing both would hide which pattern a reader is seeing

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Answer key — Mapping a Program's Progress

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  1. 1.Published statistics, charts and existing maps of it
  2. 2.Because the same districts had different rates in other years
  3. 3.So a large district and a small one can be compared fairly
  4. 4.What each shade means in homes per thousand people
  5. 5.One shows homes built and the other homes still needed
  6. 6.Judge real distances between the districts shown
  7. 7.It shows a value that does not exist; it should be marked no data
  8. 8.One map showing both would hide which pattern a reader is seeing

Questions about Mapping a Program's Progress

What does the Mapping a Program's Progress worksheet cover?

It practices constructing maps of familiar and unfamiliar places — 8 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on C3 Framework D2.Geo.1.3-5: Make maps of places you know and places you do not. The instruction to students is “Circle the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which C3 Framework indicator does Mapping a Program's Progress practice?

D2.Geo.1.3-5, under Geography for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published indicator reads: “Construct maps and other graphic representations of both familiar and unfamiliar places.” The worksheet assesses that indicator rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Mapping a Program's Progress is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.Geo.1.3-5, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Mapping a Program's Progress come with an answer key?

Yes. All 8 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of Mapping a Program's Progress can I print?

25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.

Is Mapping a Program's Progress free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Mapping a Program's Progress, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

Is there a lesson plan to teach D2.Geo.1.3-5?

Yes — “Mapping a Program's Progress” is a 55-minute Grade 3 to Grade 5 plan for D2.Geo.1.3-5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Mapping a Program's Progress is the practice that follows it.

More practice for D2.Geo.1.3-5

Make maps of places you know and places you do not.

Teaching this next? Mapping a Program's Progress is the 55-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.