Take a Side and Show Your Work is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on constructing an argument from claims and evidence, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D4.1.3-5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 14 of them with different questions, so no two students 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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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 14 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two students have the same paper in front of them.

Take a Side and Show Your Work

D4.1.3-5

NameDate

Write your answer. Use the checklist.

1.Argue whether assisted passages abroad were a good policy.

State your position
Use the ledger
Say who gained and who lost

2.Argue whether the owners were right to cut wages, using both sides' figures.

State your position
Use evidence from two sources
Answer the strongest objection

LessonPrint · D4.1.3-5 · Set 22 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Take a Side and Show Your Work

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

1.A position on assisted passages abroad, using the ledger and stating who gained and who lost.
2.A position on whether the owners were right to cut wages, evidence from the notice and the circular, and a reply to the strongest objection.

More practice for D4.1.3-5

Make an argument using claims and evidence from several sources.

Teaching this next? Take a Side and Show Your Work is the 50-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D4.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.