Open and Closed Questions (Grade 3)
Free printable HASS inquiry skills worksheet for Grade 3. Students sort open questions from closed questions and pick the question that best guides an investigation.
Grade 3 · Social Studies worksheet
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Social Studies
Open and Closed Questions
A closed question is settled by one fact or a yes/no; an open question needs explaining. Sort each question, then circle the best inquiry question. Extension (not marked): write one open question about your local area.
- 1.Open or closed? "How many students attended our school in 1950?"
- a) Open question
- b) Closed question
- 2.Open or closed? "Is the war memorial older than the town hall?"
- a) Open question
- b) Closed question
- 3.Open or closed? "Why do communities across Australia mark NAIDOC Week?"
- a) Open question
- b) Closed question
- 4.Open or closed? "How do people in our community help each other after a big storm?"
- a) Open question
- b) Closed question
- 5.Open or closed? "In what year did the First Fleet arrive in Australia?"
- a) Open question
- b) Closed question
- 6.Open or closed? "How did the arrival of the First Fleet change life for First Nations Australians?"
- a) Open question
- b) Closed question
- 7.Your class is investigating First Nations histories in your local area. Which question would guide the inquiry best?
- a) How many kilometres is it to the moon?
- b) What is my teacher's favourite song?
- c) Whose Country is our school built on, and what does the name mean?
- 8.Your class is investigating how your community makes decisions. Which question would guide the inquiry best?
- a) Which playground has the longest slide?
- b) How many players are on a netball team?
- c) How does our local council decide where to build a new playground?
- 9.Your class is investigating a significant local place. Which question would guide the inquiry best?
- a) What time does the corner shop shut on Sundays?
- b) What is the tallest mountain in the world?
- c) Why was the war memorial built, and who looks after it now?
- 10.Your class is investigating Australia's national days. Which question would guide the inquiry best?
- a) What should I wear to the athletics carnival?
- b) Why do Australians pause to remember Anzac Day each year?
- c) How fast can an emu run?
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