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What Would Follow If You Did That? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on comparing strategies and predicting results, aligned to Common Core standard D4.7.3-5. 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 Would Follow If You Did That?

D4.7.3-5

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Draw a line from each strategy to what would follow.

1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Make a display in the library
  • Speak at a public meeting
  • Write to the councillor alone
  • Act at once with no evidence
  • A.Reaches passers-by, but says nothing back to questions
  • B.Quick to do, but easy for one letter to be set aside
  • C.Reaches many at once, but only those who came
  • D.Fast, but the first hard question stops you
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Put the case in the local paper
  • Survey households first
  • Ask the school council to take it up
  • Gather signatures across several villages
  • A.Slower to start, but you learn what people actually want
  • B.Slower, but harder to dismiss as a few voices
  • C.Reaches people outside the meeting, but invites replies
  • D.Gives the case a standing voice, but takes time to agree

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Answer key — What Would Follow If You Did That?

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Make a display in the library — A (Reaches passers-by, but says nothing back to questions) 2. Speak at a public meeting — C (Reaches many at once, but only those who came) 3. Write to the councillor alone — B (Quick to do, but easy for one letter to be set aside) 4. Act at once with no evidence — D (Fast, but the first hard question stops you)
  2. 2.1. Put the case in the local paper — C (Reaches people outside the meeting, but invites replies) 2. Survey households first — A (Slower to start, but you learn what people actually want) 3. Ask the school council to take it up — D (Gives the case a standing voice, but takes time to agree) 4. Gather signatures across several villages — B (Slower, but harder to dismiss as a few voices)

Questions about What Would Follow If You Did That?

What does the What Would Follow If You Did That? worksheet cover?

It practises comparing strategies and predicting results — 2 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on Common Core D4.7.3-5: Explain what could be done about a problem, and what might follow. The instruction to pupils is “Draw a line from each strategy to what would follow”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does What Would Follow If You Did That? practise?

D4.7.3-5 — D4.7.3-5, in the Communicating Conclusions and Taking Informed Action domain for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Explain different strategies and approaches students and others could take in working alone and together to address local, regional, and global problems, and predict possible results of their actions.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

What Would Follow If You Did That? is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D4.7.3-5, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does What Would Follow If You Did That? come with an answer key?

Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of What Would Follow If You Did That? can I print?

25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.

Is What Would Follow If You Did That? free to print and photocopy?

Yes. What Would Follow If You Did That?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

Is there a lesson plan to teach D4.7.3-5?

Yes — “What Would Follow If You Did That?” is a 45-minute Grade 3 to Grade 5 plan for D4.7.3-5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. What Would Follow If You Did That? is the practice that follows it.

More practice for D4.7.3-5

Explain what could be done about a problem, and what might follow.

Teaching this next? What Would Follow If You Did That? is the 45-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D4.7.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.