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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.Ship owners share the cost of a harbour. What do they gain?
  • A.Cheaper ships
  • B.Calmer seas
  • C.A harbour none of them could build alone
2.Four districts share one school board. What is the benefit?
  • A.Districts get smaller
  • B.A decision can be made for the whole region at once
  • C.Boards are cheap
3.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
4.What is the difficulty with a shared relief fund?
  • A.It is heavy to carry
  • B.It cannot be counted
  • C.It runs out at the same moment for everybody
5.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
6.What does acting through a union cost the hands?
  • A.They must learn to read
  • B.They must move house
  • C.They must abide by a decision some of them voted against
7.Why does acting together not guarantee winning?
  • A.Numbers never matter
  • B.Groups always lose
  • C.The other side may be able to hold out longer
8.What is the challenge of four districts sharing a board?
  • A.A district can be outvoted on something that affects it most
  • B.Minutes are long
  • C.Members live far apart

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Answer key — Standing Together, and What It Costs

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

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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.