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Which Discipline Answers It? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on using disciplinary concepts on a real problem, aligned to Common Core standard D4.6.3-5. 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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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Which Discipline Answers It?

D4.6.3-5

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Draw a line from each question to the discipline it belongs to.

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Answer key — Which Discipline Answers It?

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Should the council fund schools or roads first? — A (A civics question about public choices) 2. Why do people live near the station now? — C (A geography question about settlement) 3. Why did wharf work vanish and porter work appear? — B (An economics question about markets and labour) 4. Whose account of 1846 should we believe? — D (A history question about sources and perspective)
  2. 2.1. Why did the line follow the valley floor? — C (A geography question about land and routes) 2. Who gains and who pays when work moves? — B (An economics question about costs and benefits) 3. Who should decide whether the line is built? — D (A civics question about power and consent) 4. How did the valley get here from 1840? — A (A history question about change over time)

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D4.6.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.