Who Wrote It and What For is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how a maker's perspective shaped a source, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.6.3-5. 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.
Set 19 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
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.
Who Wrote It and What For
D2.His.6.3-5
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Look at the source, then answer the questions.
1.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
Published Poll of Opinion
A table of results from a poll of 2,000 adults, published by a polling company in 1947.
WHAT SHOULD COME FIRST? 2,000 ADULTS ASKED
Housing ................ 41 per cent
Food supply ............ 27 per cent
Schools ................ 14 per cent
Roads .................. 9 per cent
Don't know ............. 9 per cent
Sample drawn in towns only.
1. Why would a company publish what adults think should come first?
2. Who published this poll and when?
2.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. Why is a debate recorded word for word?
2. Where is this extract from, and when?
LessonPrint · D2.His.6.3-5 · Set 19 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Who Wrote It and What For
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. To show what the public wanted put first among housing, food, schools and roads. 2. A polling company published it in 1947.
2.1. So the official report shows what members said and how the House divided. 2. The official report of a debate in Parliament in 1946.
More practice for D2.His.6.3-5
Describe how a source's maker shaped what the source says.
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