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Songs and Paintings From American History is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how art, music and writing reflected their times, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.His.5.3-5. 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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Songs and Paintings From American History

D2.His.5.3-5

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1.Norman Rockwell's 1964 painting shows a young Black girl walking to school between federal marshals. Whose story does it tell?
  • A.Ruby Bridges's
  • B.Rosa Parks's
  • C.Harriet Tubman's
2.Photographs from Mathew Brady's studio showed dead soldiers after Civil War battles. Why did they shock people?
  • A.They were the first photographs of anything
  • B.Most Americans had never seen the real results of a battle
  • C.They showed the war had ended
3.The painting Washington Crossing the Delaware was made in 1851, 75 years after the crossing. What does that tell you?
  • A.The painter was not there and imagined much of the scene
  • B.It is a photograph of the event
  • C.The painter was in the boat
4.Paul Revere's 1770 engraving shows British soldiers firing on calm colonists. Why did he show it that way?
  • A.To praise the British army
  • B.To turn colonists against the British soldiers
  • C.To show exactly what a camera would have seen
5.In 1845 Frederick Douglass published the story of his own life. Why was it powerful evidence?
  • A.He had lived in slavery himself
  • B.It was written by a plantation owner
  • C.He had never seen slavery
6.British soldiers sang Yankee Doodle to make fun of the colonists. What did the Patriots do?
  • A.Sent it to the king as a gift
  • B.Sang it proudly as their own song
  • C.Banned the song in every colony
7.Dorothea Lange's 1936 photograph Migrant Mother shows a tired mother and her children. What time does it reflect?
  • A.The American Revolution
  • B.The wealth of the 1920s
  • C.The hardship of the Great Depression
8.In the 1920s Black writers, musicians and artists made Harlem, in New York City, a center of the arts. What is this called?
  • A.The Gold Rush
  • B.The Harlem Renaissance
  • C.The New Deal

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Answer key — Songs and Paintings From American History

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  1. 1.Ruby Bridges's
  2. 2.Most Americans had never seen the real results of a battle
  3. 3.The painter was not there and imagined much of the scene
  4. 4.To turn colonists against the British soldiers
  5. 5.He had lived in slavery himself
  6. 6.Sang it proudly as their own song
  7. 7.The hardship of the Great Depression
  8. 8.The Harlem Renaissance

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.5.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.