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

3.Why ask about the people the programme failed?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7.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

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

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

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Answer key — Questions for a Minister and a Family

Set 8. 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.An account of only those housed misses what the programme was judged on
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.How much cleared land was left and how long the list was
7.What he knew when he made the promise, and what changed
8.Where they lived meanwhile and where they came on the list

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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.