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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.Four districts share one school board. What is the benefit?
  • A.Boards are cheap
  • B.A decision can be made for the whole region at once
  • C.Districts get smaller
2.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
3.What is the difficulty with a shared relief fund?
  • A.It runs out at the same moment for everybody
  • B.It cannot be counted
  • C.It is heavy to carry
4.Why does acting together not guarantee winning?
  • A.Numbers never matter
  • B.The other side may be able to hold out longer
  • C.Groups always lose
5.The hands act through a union. What does that gain them?
  • A.It is quicker
  • B.It saves postage
  • C.One refusal by many is harder to replace than many refusals by one
6.What is the challenge of four districts sharing a board?
  • A.Members live far apart
  • B.A district can be outvoted on something that affects it most
  • C.Minutes are long
7.The relief fund pools members' money. What is the benefit?
  • A.Nobody has to face nine days of no wages entirely alone
  • B.Wages rise
  • C.The fund grows by itself
8.What does acting through a union cost the hands?
  • A.They must abide by a decision some of them voted against
  • B.They must learn to read
  • C.They must move house

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Answer key — Standing Together, and What It Costs

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

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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.