Questions Across the Whole Archive is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on generating questions about several sources, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.12.3-5. 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 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.
1.You have the census abstract and the emigration ledger. What is a good question?
A.Which is neater?
B.Which is longer?
C.Do the districts that lost people match those sending emigrants?
2.You have the health table and the census. What is a good question?
A.Which has more numbers?
B.Did the districts that grew fastest become the least healthy?
C.Which is older?
3.You have the board minute and the ledger. What is a good question?
A.Which is longer?
B.Which is signed?
C.Did ending half-time work push more families to emigrate?
4.Why ask about the relation rather than reading each source alone?
A.It is the rule
B.The relation answers questions no single source can
C.It is quicker
5.Two sources come from the same board. What question does that raise?
A.Do they agree because it is true, or because they share an author?
B.Are they the same size?
C.Were they printed together?
6.You have sources from 1861 and 1891. What question does the gap raise?
A.Which paper lasted better?
B.What happened in the thirty years neither source covers?
C.Which is easier to read?
7.You have the harbour return and the 1998 book. What is a good question?
A.Does the tonnage support the author's claim about the mills?
B.Which is heavier?
C.Which is newer?
8.You have the notice and the circular. What is a good question?
A.Which is better printed?
B.Why do the two sides choose different figures to publish?
C.Which is shorter?
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Answer key — Questions Across the Whole Archive
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Do the districts that lost people match those sending emigrants?
2.Did the districts that grew fastest become the least healthy?
3.Did ending half-time work push more families to emigrate?
4.The relation answers questions no single source can
5.Do they agree because it is true, or because they share an author?
6.What happened in the thirty years neither source covers?
7.Does the tonnage support the author's claim about the mills?
8.Why do the two sides choose different figures to publish?
Questions about Questions Across the Whole Archive
What does the Questions Across the Whole Archive worksheet cover?
It practises generating questions about several sources — 8 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on Common Core D2.His.12.3-5: Ask questions about several sources and how they relate to an event. The instruction to pupils is “Circle the best question”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Questions Across the Whole Archive practise?
D2.His.12.3-5 — D2.His.12.3-5, in the History domain for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Generate questions about multiple historical sources and their relationships to particular historical events and developments.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Questions Across the Whole Archive is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.His.12.3-5, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Questions Across the Whole Archive 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 Questions Across the Whole Archive 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 Questions Across the Whole Archive free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Questions Across the Whole Archive, 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.12.3-5?
Yes — “Questions Across the Whole Archive” is a 50-minute Grade 3 to Grade 5 plan for D2.His.12.3-5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Questions Across the Whole Archive is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.His.12.3-5
Ask questions about several sources and how they relate to an event.