Take a Side and Show Your Working is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on constructing an argument from claims and evidence, aligned to Common Core standard D4.1.3-5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 15 of them with 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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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 15 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.

Take a Side and Show Your Working

D4.1.3-5

NameDate

Write your answer. Use the checklist.

1.Argue whether the harbour or the mills deserve the credit for the region.

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

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

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

LessonPrint · D4.1.3-5 · Set 10 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Take a Side and Show Your Working

Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.

1.A position on whether the harbour or the mills deserve the credit, using two records and naming the measure chosen.
2.A position on assisted passages abroad, using the ledger and stating who gained and who lost.

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 Working 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.