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 25 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.

Script of a Radio Broadcast

The script of a national radio broadcast made by a government minister in 1947. BROADCAST TO THE NATION We promised 300,000 homes a year. We built 140,000 last year. Bricks and timber have been harder to obtain than we expected. I will not pretend the promise has been kept. We ask for patience, and we will publish the figures each quarter. Nobody in this country should live four to a room.

  1. 1. What does the minister promise to publish?
  2. 2. Why were fewer homes built than promised?
  3. 3. What had been promised?
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. Why were two sites delayed?
  2. 2. How many families remain on the waiting list?
  3. 3. What is the average wait for a family of five?

LessonPrint · D3.1.3-5 · Set 25 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Taking the Line That Answers It

Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The figures each quarter. 2. Bricks and timber were harder to obtain than expected. 3. 300,000 homes a year.
  2. 2.1. There was a shortage of bricks. 2. 11,600 families. 3. Seven years.

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.