The Preamble is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on the purposes the Preamble sets out, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Civ.8.3-5. 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 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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The Preamble

D2.Civ.8.3-5

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Read the Preamble and answer the questions, then match each phrase to its meaning.

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

The Preamble to the Constitution

The Preamble, the opening sentence of the Constitution of the United States, written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

1. What does "a more perfect Union" suggest about the Union before 1787?
2. Who does the Preamble say ordain and establish the Constitution?
3. Where and when was the Constitution written?

2.Match each phrase from the Preamble to its meaning.

establish Justice
ordain and establish
insure domestic Tranquility
our Posterity

A.make laws and courts fair
B.keep peace at home
C.officially set up
D.future generations

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Answer key — The Preamble

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. The Union before it was not working well enough. 2. We the People of the United States. 3. In Philadelphia, in 1787, at the Constitutional Convention.
2.1. establish Justice — A (make laws and courts fair) 2. ordain and establish — C (officially set up) 3. insure domestic Tranquility — B (keep peace at home) 4. our Posterity — D (future generations)

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.8.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.