Answer the Big Question is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on using evidence to develop a claim, aligned to Common Core standard D3.4.3-5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 15 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 23 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 15 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.
Answer the Big Question
D3.4.3-5
NameDate
Write your answer. Use the checklist.
1.Compelling question: could ordinary people stop the railway? Write your claim.
Answer directly
Use the petition as evidence
Say what would have changed the outcome
2.Compelling question: is the 2015 history fair? Write your claim.
Answer directly
Test it against a record
Say what would change your mind
LessonPrint · D3.4.3-5 · Set 23 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Answer the Big Question
Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.
1.An answer about whether ordinary people could stop the railway, using the petition and what might have changed the outcome.
2.An answer about whether the 2015 history is fair, tested against a record, with what would change your mind.
More practice for D3.4.3-5
Use evidence to build a claim that answers the big question.