Skip to content
LessonPrint

Argue It From the Sources is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on constructing an argument from claims and evidence, aligned to Common Core standard D4.1.3-5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 14 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 12 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

Next setLesson plan

One paper per pupil

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425

Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 14 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.

Argue It From the Sources

D4.1.3-5

NameDate

Write your answer. Use the checklist.

1.Argue whether the county should have built schools before roads.
  • State your position
  • Use the poster as evidence
  • Answer the other side
2.Argue whether the canal company should have cut its charges.
  • State your position
  • Give evidence
  • Say what else it could have done

LessonPrint · D4.1.3-5 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Argue It From the Sources

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.A position on building schools before roads, using the election poster and answering the other side.
  2. 2.A position on the canal company cutting its charges, with evidence and an alternative it could have taken.

More practice for D4.1.3-5

Make an argument using claims and evidence from several sources.

Teaching this next? An Argument Built From Sources is the 45-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

All Grade 3 to Grade 5 worksheets

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D4.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.