What It Takes for Granted is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on inferring audience and purpose from a source, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.11.3-5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 23 of them with 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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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 23 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.

What It Takes for Granted

D2.His.11.3-5

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Look at the source, then answer the questions.

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

Extract From a Parliamentary Debate

An extract from the official report of a debate in Parliament on the housing proposals, 1946. THE DEBATE ON HOUSING Member for a northern city: my constituents live four to a room. Member for a rural county: our villages are given nothing in this paper. Minister: the allocation must go where the destruction was worst. Member for a coastal town: private builders could work faster. The House divided: 310 for the proposals, 246 against.

1. What does the extract not tell you?
2. Why did the rural member object?

2.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. How confident is the author in her own claim?
2. What does this extract not tell you?

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Answer key — What It Takes for Granted

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. It does not tell you which members changed their minds during the debate. 2. Because the villages are given nothing in this paper.
2.1. Not entirely: she concedes she cannot separate the two causes with certainty. 2. It does not tell you what the quarterly figures actually showed.

More practice for D2.His.11.3-5

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.11.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.