Skip to content
LessonPrint

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.

Set 21 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

Next setLesson plan

One paper per pupil

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425

Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Taking the Line That Answers It

D3.1.3-5

NameDate

Look at the source, then answer the questions.

1.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. How many families remain on the waiting list?
  2. 2. What is the average wait for a family of five?
  3. 3. Why were two sites delayed?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

Letters to a National Newspaper

Three letters printed on the correspondence page of a national newspaper in 1951. YOUR CORRESPONDENTS WRITE Sir: my family has waited six years. The figures mean nothing to us. Sir: the councils build too slowly. Let private firms compete. Sir: the villages are forgotten while the cities are rebuilt. The editor notes that all three writers gave their addresses. Letters may be shortened for space.

  1. 1. How long has the first writer's family waited?
  2. 2. What does the third writer complain of?
  3. 3. What does the second writer want?

LessonPrint · D3.1.3-5 · Set 21 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Taking the Line That Answers It

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. 11,600 families. 2. Seven years. 3. There was a shortage of bricks.
  2. 2.1. Six years. 2. That the villages are forgotten while the cities are rebuilt. 3. Private firms allowed to compete, because councils build too slowly.

More practice for D3.1.3-5

Gather what you need from several sources, choosing each for a reason.

Teaching this next? Taking the Line That Answers It is the 55-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

All Grade 3 to Grade 5 worksheets

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