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Virtues in Public Life is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on applying civic virtues in community settings, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Civ.7.3-5. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask 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.

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Virtues in Public Life

D2.Civ.7.3-5

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Circle the best answer.

1.A newspaper prints only the case for the railway. What is missing?
  • A.A longer report
  • B.More pictures
  • C.The case against, which readers need to judge for themselves
2.Why does declaring an interest matter more than being honest privately?
  • A.It is traditional
  • B.Others can only trust a decision if they can see it was fairly made
  • C.It fills the minutes
3.Voters are told polling is on a different day. What principle is broken?
  • A.Everybody entitled to vote must have a fair chance to do so
  • B.Timetables must be neat
  • C.Posters must be large
4.A councillor votes on a contract for his own brother. What should he do?
  • A.Vote quickly
  • B.Say nothing
  • C.Declare the connection and step out of the vote
5.The workhouse admits somebody without recording it. What is wrong?
  • A.Registers look better full
  • B.Without a record nobody can check that relief was given fairly
  • C.Ink is expensive
6.Somebody signs a petition twice. Why is that wrong?
  • A.It makes the support look larger than it is
  • B.It looks untidy
  • C.It wastes ink
7.A candidate promises what he cannot deliver. Which principle does that break?
  • A.Honesty towards the people whose votes he is asking for
  • B.Punctuality
  • C.Thrift
8.A company charges one boat owner more than another for the same cargo. What is wrong?
  • A.It is slow
  • B.It breaks equal treatment under a published rule
  • C.It is untidy

LessonPrint · D2.Civ.7.3-5 · Set 7 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Virtues in Public Life

Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The case against, which readers need to judge for themselves
  2. 2.Others can only trust a decision if they can see it was fairly made
  3. 3.Everybody entitled to vote must have a fair chance to do so
  4. 4.Declare the connection and step out of the vote
  5. 5.Without a record nobody can check that relief was given fairly
  6. 6.It makes the support look larger than it is
  7. 7.Honesty towards the people whose votes he is asking for
  8. 8.It breaks equal treatment under a published rule

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.7.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.