What Art and Stories Tell Us is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on what writers' and artists' work shows about life in the past, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.His.2.3-5. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students 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.
1.What can a painting of daily life from long ago tell a historian?
A.How people dressed, worked and lived at that time
B.Exactly what everyone was thinking
C.What will happen in the future
2.Why are Hokusai's prints of waves and Mount Fuji famous around the world?
A.They were painted on the Moon
B.They show Japanese landscapes and inspired artists in many countries
C.They are the oldest maps of America
3.How did Ansel Adams's photographs help America's wild places?
A.They sold land to mining companies
B.They helped build highways through the parks
C.They showed people the beauty of lands worth protecting as parks
4.Why was Phillis Wheatley's 1773 book of poems important?
A.It was the first map of Boston
B.It was the first newspaper in America
C.It made her the first African American woman to publish a book of poems
5.Why do historians study Dorothea Lange's photographs from the 1930s?
A.They show how families lived through the Great Depression
B.They show the first Thanksgiving
C.They show life in ancient Rome
6.Why did Diego Rivera paint murals on large public walls?
A.So many people could see stories of Mexican history and workers
B.So only rich people could see them
C.So the paintings could stay hidden
7.What can Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books teach about the past?
A.How a pioneer family lived on the frontier in the 1870s and 1880s
B.How astronauts trained for the Moon
C.How city children rode subways
8.Why does Maria Martinez's pottery matter to San Ildefonso Pueblo?
A.It was made in a factory in Europe
B.It carried on and renewed the Pueblo's pottery tradition
C.It shows the Moon landing
LessonPrint · D2.His.2.3-5 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What Art and Stories Tell Us
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.How people dressed, worked and lived at that time
2.They show Japanese landscapes and inspired artists in many countries
3.They showed people the beauty of lands worth protecting as parks
4.It made her the first African American woman to publish a book of poems
5.They show how families lived through the Great Depression
6.So many people could see stories of Mexican history and workers
7.How a pioneer family lived on the frontier in the 1870s and 1880s
8.It carried on and renewed the Pueblo's pottery tradition
Questions about What Art and Stories Tell Us
What does the What Art and Stories Tell Us worksheet cover?
It practices what writers' and artists' work shows about life in the past — 8 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on C3 Framework D2.His.2.3-5: Compare life in a particular period with life today. The instruction to students is “Circle the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which C3 Framework indicator does What Art and Stories Tell Us practice?
D2.His.2.3-5, under History for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published indicator reads: “Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.” The worksheet assesses that indicator rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
What Art and Stories Tell Us is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.His.2.3-5, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does What Art and Stories Tell Us come with an answer key?
Yes. All 8 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 Art and Stories Tell Us can I print?
25 — one per student, 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 Art and Stories Tell Us free to print and photocopy?
Yes. What Art and Stories Tell Us, 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.
More practice for D2.His.2.3-5
Compare life in a particular period with life today.