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Taking the Line That Answers It is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on gathering relevant information from sources, aligned to Common Core standard D3.1.3-5. 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.

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Taking the Line That Answers It

D3.1.3-5

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Look at the source, then answer the questions.

1.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

A Contested National History

An extract from a national history published in 2011. This is a SECONDARY work making a causal claim other historians reject. REBUILDING: WHAT ACTUALLY DECIDED IT The author argues that shortages, not politics, set the pace of rebuilding. She points to the broadcast admitting bricks and timber ran short. Critics reply that the choice to use councils slowed the work. The author concedes she cannot separate the two causes with certainty. She rests her case on the quarterly figures the minister promised.

  1. 1. What do critics reply?
  2. 2. What evidence does she point to?
  3. 3. What does the author argue set the pace of rebuilding?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

City Council Housing Report

A report presented to a city council's housing committee in 1950. PROGRESS ON THE HOUSING PROGRAMME Homes completed since 1946: 4,180. Families still on the waiting list: 11,600. Average wait for a family of five: seven years. Two sites were delayed by a shortage of bricks. The committee recommends building upward on cleared land.

  1. 1. What is the average wait for a family of five?
  2. 2. How many families remain on the waiting list?
  3. 3. Why were two sites delayed?

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Answer key — Taking the Line That Answers It

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. That the choice to use councils slowed the work. 2. The broadcast admitting bricks and timber ran short. 3. Shortages, not politics.
  2. 2.1. Seven years. 2. 11,600 families. 3. There was a shortage of bricks.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D3.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.