Which Leader Should You Contact? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on matching a problem to the level of government that handles it, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D4.7.3-5. It prints 3 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.
Sort each problem under the lawmakers you would contact about it.
1.Sort each one: City or town council or State legislature or Congress?
Sort: Printing paper money, A broken streetlight on your street, Repairs to a state highway, A stop sign on a neighborhood street, The design of US coins, The rules for getting a driver's license
City or town councilState legislatureCongress
2.Sort each one: City or town council or State legislature or Congress?
Sort: A new dog park in your town, The state parks, The US Army and Navy, Choosing an official state bird, Trash and recycling pickup in your town, The rules for becoming a US citizen
City or town councilState legislatureCongress
3.Sort each one: City or town council or State legislature or Congress?
Sort: The opening hours of the town library, Hunting and fishing licenses, A treaty with another country, The rules teachers must meet to teach in your state, The US Postal Service, The town swimming pool
City or town councilState legislatureCongress
LessonPrint · D4.7.3-5 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Which Leader Should You Contact?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A broken streetlight on your street — City or town council 2. A stop sign on a neighborhood street — City or town council 3. Printing paper money — Congress 4. Repairs to a state highway — State legislature 5. The design of US coins — Congress 6. The rules for getting a driver's license — State legislature
2.1. A new dog park in your town — City or town council 2. Choosing an official state bird — State legislature 3. The rules for becoming a US citizen — Congress 4. The state parks — State legislature 5. The US Army and Navy — Congress 6. Trash and recycling pickup in your town — City or town council
3.1. A treaty with another country — Congress 2. Hunting and fishing licenses — State legislature 3. The opening hours of the town library — City or town council 4. The rules teachers must meet to teach in your state — State legislature 5. The town swimming pool — City or town council 6. The US Postal Service — Congress
Questions about Which Leader Should You Contact?
What does the Which Leader Should You Contact? worksheet cover?
It practices matching a problem to the level of government that handles it — 3 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on C3 Framework D4.7.3-5: Explain what could be done about a problem, and what might follow. The instruction to students is “Sort each problem under the lawmakers you would contact about it”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which C3 Framework indicator does Which Leader Should You Contact? practice?
D4.7.3-5, under Communicating Conclusions and Taking Informed Action for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published indicator reads: “Explain different strategies and approaches students and others could take in working alone and together to address local, regional, and global problems, and predict possible results of their actions.” The worksheet assesses that indicator rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Which Leader Should You Contact? is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D4.7.3-5, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Which Leader Should You Contact? come with an answer key?
Yes. All 3 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 Which Leader Should You Contact? 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 Which Leader Should You Contact? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Which Leader Should You Contact?, 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 D4.7.3-5
Explain what could be done about a problem, and what might follow.