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 2 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. Who published this poll and when?
2. Why would a company publish what adults think should come first?
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. Why report the waiting list beside the homes completed?
2. Who received this report and when?
LessonPrint · D2.His.6.3-5 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Who Wrote It and What For
Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A polling company published it in 1947. 2. To show what the public wanted put first among housing, food, schools and roads.
2.1. To show progress against the families still waiting. 2. A city council's housing committee, in 1950.
More practice for D2.His.6.3-5
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