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.

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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.

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.

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. What is the author trying to establish?
2. When was this published, and what kind of work is it?

2.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. Where and when were these letters printed?
2. Why does the editor note that the writers gave their addresses?

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Answer key — Who Wrote It and What For

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. That shortages rather than politics set the pace of rebuilding. 2. In 2011, and it is a secondary work making a causal claim other historians reject.
2.1. On the correspondence page of a national newspaper in 1951. 2. To show the letters came from real correspondents who could be identified.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.6.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.