A Claim About the Region is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on using evidence to develop a claim about the past, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.16.3-5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 15 of them with 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.

Set 20 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 15 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.

A Claim About the Region

D2.His.16.3-5

NameDate

Write your answer. Use the checklist.

1.Who paid the cost of the region's growth? Make a claim and support it.

Name who paid
Give evidence
Name your source

2.Was the 1893 wage cut necessary? Make a claim and support it.

State your claim
Use both sides' figures
Name your sources

LessonPrint · D2.His.16.3-5 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — A Claim About the Region

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

1.A claim naming who paid the cost of the region's growth, with evidence from the health table or the emigration ledger.
2.A claim about whether the wage cut was necessary, using the owners' notice and the union's published profits.

More practice for D2.His.16.3-5

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.16.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.