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 21 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.
Letters to a National Newspaper
Three letters printed on the correspondence page of a national newspaper in 1951.
YOUR CORRESPONDENTS WRITE
Sir: my family has waited six years. The figures mean nothing to us.
Sir: the councils build too slowly. Let private firms compete.
Sir: the villages are forgotten while the cities are rebuilt.
The editor notes that all three writers gave their addresses.
Letters may be shortened for space.
1. Why does the editor note that the writers gave their addresses?
2. Where and when were these letters printed?
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 21 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Who Wrote It and What For
Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. To show the letters came from real correspondents who could be identified. 2. On the correspondence page of a national newspaper in 1951.
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
Describe how a source's maker shaped what the source says.
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