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 6 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
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 railway should have been built, using at least two sources.
State your position
Give evidence from two sources
Answer the strongest objection
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 6 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Argue It From the Sources
Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.
1.A position on whether the railway should have been built, evidence from two sources, and a reply to the strongest objection.
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.