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What Lies Behind a View is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on beliefs and experiences behind points of view, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Civ.10.3-5. It prints 2 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 Lies Behind a View

D2.Civ.10.3-5

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Draw a line from each view to what lies behind it.

LessonPrint · D2.Civ.10.3-5 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Lies Behind a View

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A historian in 2015 weighs both — B (She can see the whole outcome that nobody then could) 2. A landowner objects to the line — C (The track would cross his fields) 3. A farmer welcomes the railway — A (He can now sell milk fresh in the county town) 4. A villager wants a nearer school — D (Her children walk four miles each way)
  2. 2.1. A porter welcomes the railway — A (It gave him work that did not exist before) 2. A ratepayer opposes new schools — D (He will pay for a school his village does not get) 3. The canal company cuts charges — B (It must keep custom or lose it entirely) 4. A boatman opposes the railway — C (His family's living depends on canal cargo)

More practice for D2.Civ.10.3-5

Identify the beliefs and experiences behind your own and other people's views.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.10.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.