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What Evidence Would Decide It? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on concepts behind a supporting question, aligned to Common Core standard D1.3.3-5. 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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What Evidence Would Decide It?

D1.3.3-5

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Circle what you would need to settle each question.

1.To answer 'is the 2015 history reliable?', what is needed?
  • A.The publication date
  • B.The author's name
  • C.Which sources the author used and whether they support the claim
2.To answer 'was the valley better off?', what is needed?
  • A.The newspaper's opinion
  • B.The opening date
  • C.Measures of both what was gained and what was lost
3.To answer 'how fresh was the milk?', what is needed?
  • A.The price of milk
  • B.The number of farms
  • C.The journey time and how long milk keeps
4.To answer 'did the council keep its promises?', what is needed?
  • A.The poster alone
  • B.The promises, and records of what was built afterwards
  • C.The polling date
5.To answer 'was the petition typical?', what is needed?
  • A.Whether other valleys petitioned too
  • B.The date it was sent
  • C.The number of signatures
6.To answer 'who could afford to travel?', what is needed?
  • A.The timetable only
  • B.The fares and what people earned at the time
  • C.The length of the line
7.To answer 'did the canal decline?', what is needed?
  • A.The toll table alone
  • B.Trade figures or worker numbers before and after
  • C.The width of a barge
8.To answer 'did the railway cause the workhouse admissions?', what is needed?
  • A.The fare in first class
  • B.The name of the railway company
  • C.Admission numbers before and after 1846, and the reasons recorded

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Answer key — What Evidence Would Decide It?

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Which sources the author used and whether they support the claim
  2. 2.Measures of both what was gained and what was lost
  3. 3.The journey time and how long milk keeps
  4. 4.The promises, and records of what was built afterwards
  5. 5.Whether other valleys petitioned too
  6. 6.The fares and what people earned at the time
  7. 7.Trade figures or worker numbers before and after
  8. 8.Admission numbers before and after 1846, and the reasons recorded

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D1.3.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.