What the Source Tells You is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on using a source to study the past, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.10.K-2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask 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 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
A chart kept by Room 2. One box filled in each morning.
Monday: rain
Tuesday: rain
Wednesday: sun
Thursday: cloud
Friday: sun
1. Which day was cloudy?
2. What was the weather on Wednesday?
3. Why did the class keep a weather chart?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
Monday Lunch
A menu from the school kitchen. Printed for this week.
MONDAY
Soup and bread
Apple or pear
Milk or water
1. What can you drink?
2. Why does the kitchen print a menu?
3. Which two fruits can you choose?
LessonPrint · D2.His.10.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What the Source Tells You
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Thursday. 2. Sun. 3. To record what the weather was on each day of the week.
2.1. Milk or water. 2. So people know what is on the lunch menu before they queue. 3. An apple or a pear.
Questions about What the Source Tells You
What does the What the Source Tells You worksheet cover?
It practises using a source to study the past — 2 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D2.His.10.K-2: Explain how a source helps you study the past. The instruction to pupils is “Look at the source, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does What the Source Tells You practise?
D2.His.10.K-2 — D2.His.10.K-2, in the History domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Explain how historical sources can be used to study the past.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
What the Source Tells You is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.His.10.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does What the Source Tells You come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of What the Source Tells You can I print?
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is What the Source Tells You free to print and photocopy?
Yes. What the Source Tells You, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach D2.His.10.K-2?
Yes — “What a Source Tells You” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D2.His.10.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. What the Source Tells You is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.His.10.K-2
Explain how a source helps you study the past.
Teaching this next? What a Source Tells You is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.