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Counting Before Proposing is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how policies address public problems, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Civ.13.3-5. 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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Counting Before Proposing

D2.Civ.13.3-5

NameDate

Number the steps from 1 to 4.

1.Put an emigration relief policy in order.
  • Assisted passages are proposed
  • A fund is raised and passages granted
  • The number unable to sail is counted
  • Families cannot pay the four pound fare
2.Put a housing policy in order.
  • Landlords are required to meet it
  • Overcrowding is counted street by street
  • The mill district is found the most crowded
  • A standard of rooms per family is proposed

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Answer key — Counting Before Proposing

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

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.13.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.