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.

Set 7 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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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 the board was right to end half-time working.

State your position
Use the minute
Answer the families' objection

2.Argue whether the harbor or the mills deserve the credit for the region.

State your position
Use two records
Say which measure you are using

LessonPrint · D4.1.3-5 · Set 7 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Take a Side and Show Your Work

Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.

1.A position on ending half-time working, using the board minute and answering the objection that families depend on the wage.
2.A position on whether the harbor or the mills deserve the credit, using two records and naming the measure chosen.

More practice for D4.1.3-5

Make an argument using claims and evidence from several sources.

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