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Standing Together, and What It Costs is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on benefits and challenges of working together, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Civ.6.3-5. It prints 8 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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Standing Together, and What It Costs

D2.Civ.6.3-5

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1.Why does acting together not guarantee winning?
  • A.The other side may be able to hold out longer
  • B.Groups always lose
  • C.Numbers never matter
2.Four districts share one school board. What is the benefit?
  • A.Boards are cheap
  • B.Districts get smaller
  • C.A decision can be made for the whole region at once
3.Ship owners share the cost of a harbour. What do they gain?
  • A.Calmer seas
  • B.A harbour none of them could build alone
  • C.Cheaper ships
4.What does acting through a union cost the hands?
  • A.They must move house
  • B.They must abide by a decision some of them voted against
  • C.They must learn to read
5.What is the challenge of four districts sharing a board?
  • A.A district can be outvoted on something that affects it most
  • B.Members live far apart
  • C.Minutes are long
6.The hands act through a union. What does that gain them?
  • A.It is quicker
  • B.One refusal by many is harder to replace than many refusals by one
  • C.It saves postage
7.The relief fund pools members' money. What is the benefit?
  • A.Wages rise
  • B.Nobody has to face nine days of no wages entirely alone
  • C.The fund grows by itself
8.What is the difficulty with a shared relief fund?
  • A.It runs out at the same moment for everybody
  • B.It is heavy to carry
  • C.It cannot be counted

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Answer key — Standing Together, and What It Costs

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  1. 1.The other side may be able to hold out longer
  2. 2.A decision can be made for the whole region at once
  3. 3.A harbour none of them could build alone
  4. 4.They must abide by a decision some of them voted against
  5. 5.A district can be outvoted on something that affects it most
  6. 6.One refusal by many is harder to replace than many refusals by one
  7. 7.Nobody has to face nine days of no wages entirely alone
  8. 8.It runs out at the same moment for everybody

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.6.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.