diff --git a/cms/static/js/views/xblock.js b/cms/static/js/views/xblock.js
index 2330c9deb510..6b913d5239da 100644
--- a/cms/static/js/views/xblock.js
+++ b/cms/static/js/views/xblock.js
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ function($, _, ViewUtils, BaseView, XBlock, HtmlUtils) {
             var self = this,
                 view = this.view,
                 xblockInfo = this.model,
-                xblockUrl = xblockInfo.url();
+                xblockUrl = xblockInfo.url(),
+                querystring = window.location.search; // pass any querystring down to child views
             return $.ajax({
-                url: decodeURIComponent(xblockUrl) + '/' + view,
+                url: decodeURIComponent(xblockUrl) + '/' + view + querystring,
                 type: 'GET',
                 cache: false,
                 headers: {Accept: 'application/json'},
diff --git a/openedx/core/lib/xblock_utils/__init__.py b/openedx/core/lib/xblock_utils/__init__.py
index bb7f78e523fc..0910018f6046 100644
--- a/openedx/core/lib/xblock_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/openedx/core/lib/xblock_utils/__init__.py
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ def xblock_resource_pkg(block):
        ProblemBlock, and most other built-in blocks currently. Handling for these
        assets does not interact with this function.
     2. The (preferred) standard XBlock runtime resource loading system, used by
-       LibrarySourdedBlock. Handling for these assets *does* interact with this
+       LibrarySourcedBlock. Handling for these assets *does* interact with this
        function.
 
     We hope to migrate to (2) eventually, tracked by:
diff --git a/xmodule/assets/README.rst b/xmodule/assets/README.rst
index c63fd5126d35..c87642384f6d 100644
--- a/xmodule/assets/README.rst
+++ b/xmodule/assets/README.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 xmodule/assets: edx-platform XBlock resources
 #############################################
 
-This folder exists to contain resources (ie, static assets) for the XBlocks
+This folder exists to contain resources (i.e., static assets) for the XBlocks
 defined in edx-platform.
 
 Concepts