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A Fair Way to Settle It is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on democratic procedures for acting on a problem, aligned to Common Core standard D4.8.3-5. 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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A Fair Way to Settle It

D4.8.3-5

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Number the steps from 1 to 4.

1.Put a school council election in order.
  • Classes nominate candidates
  • The result is announced and recorded
  • The school votes
  • Candidates say what they would do
2.Put reviewing a decision in order.
  • Evidence is collected on what changed
  • The decision is kept, changed or dropped
  • The council judges whether it worked
  • The action is agreed and carried out

LessonPrint · D4.8.3-5 · Set 22 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — A Fair Way to Settle It

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Correct order: 1, 4, 3, 2
  2. 2.Correct order: 4, 1, 3, 2

More practice for D4.8.3-5

Use fair, democratic ways of deciding to act on a problem at school.

Teaching this next? A Fair Way to Settle It is the 50-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D4.8.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.