Questions for a Minister and a Family is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on generating questions about people who shaped change, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.3.3-5. 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 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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Questions for a Minister and a Family

D2.His.3.3-5

NameDate

Circle the best question.

1.Why is a question about a group often more answerable?

A.People are private
B.Records count groups and only sometimes name individuals
C.Groups are larger

2.You want to understand the rural member. What do you ask?

A.Did he like cities?
B.What his villages received against what the cities received
C.Was he loud?

3.You want to understand the minister who admitted the shortfall. What do you ask?

A.Was he liked?
B.Did he enjoy radio?
C.What he knew when he made the promise, and what changed

4.You want to understand the 2,000 polled adults. What do you ask?

A.How they were chosen and who was left out of the sample
B.Were they honest?
C.Did they enjoy being asked?

5.You want to understand the 246 who voted against. What do you ask?

A.Did they dislike housing?
B.Were they rude?
C.Which constituencies they sat for and what those places needed

6.You want to understand the family who waited six years. What do you ask?

A.Were they patient?
B.Did they like the council?
C.Where they lived meanwhile and where they came on the list

7.You want to understand the council officer recommending upward building. What do you ask?

A.How much cleared land was left and how long the list was
B.Was he ambitious?
C.Did he like tall buildings?

8.Why ask about the people the programme failed?

A.Success is dull
B.An account of only those housed misses what the programme was judged on
C.Failure is interesting

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Answer key — Questions for a Minister and a Family

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

1.Records count groups and only sometimes name individuals
2.What his villages received against what the cities received
3.What he knew when he made the promise, and what changed
4.How they were chosen and who was left out of the sample
5.Which constituencies they sat for and what those places needed
6.Where they lived meanwhile and where they came on the list
7.How much cleared land was left and how long the list was
8.An account of only those housed misses what the programme was judged on

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.3.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.