Whose Document Is This? 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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
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.
Whose Document Is This?
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.
Medical Officer's Health Table
A table from the annual report of the district medical officer, 1889.
DEATHS PER THOUSAND, BY DISTRICT
Harbour district ....... 24
Mill district .......... 27
Upland district ........ 15
Marsh district ......... 19
Houses with piped water, mill district: 1 in 6.
The officer recommends a piped supply for every street.
1. Why did the medical officer publish these deaths per thousand?
2. Who wrote this table and when?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
Circular From the Weavers' Union
A circular sent to members by the weavers' union during the same dispute, 1893.
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UNION
The owners ask a shilling in the pound from wages already low.
Their profits last year were published at 12,000 pounds.
We ask every hand to stand out from Monday.
The relief fund holds 340 pounds. That is nine days.
Signed, the committee.
1. Why did the committee publish the owners' profits?
2. Who sent this circular and to whom?
LessonPrint · D2.His.6.3-5 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Whose Document Is This?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. To support his recommendation of a piped supply for every street. 2. The district medical officer, in his annual report of 1889.
2.1. To argue the owners could pay, since profits were 12,000 pounds. 2. The weavers' union committee sent it to its members in 1893.
Questions about Whose Document Is This?
What does the Whose Document Is This? worksheet cover?
It practises how a maker's perspective shaped a source — 2 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on Common Core D2.His.6.3-5: Describe how a source's maker shaped what the source says. 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 Whose Document Is This? practise?
D2.His.6.3-5 — D2.His.6.3-5, in the History domain for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Describe how people's perspectives shaped the historical sources they created.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Whose Document Is This? is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.His.6.3-5, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Whose Document Is This? 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 Whose Document Is This? can I print?
25 versions, of which 23 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Is Whose Document Is This? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Whose Document Is This?, 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.6.3-5?
Yes — “Whose Document Is This?” is a 50-minute Grade 3 to Grade 5 plan for D2.His.6.3-5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Whose Document Is This? is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.His.6.3-5
Describe how a source's maker shaped what the source says.
Teaching this next? Whose Document Is This? is the 50-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.