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.
Set 23 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
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 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 23 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Take a Side and Show Your Working
Set 23. 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 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.