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The Word Two Historians Fight Over is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on ideas open to different interpretations, aligned to Common Core standard D1.2.3-5. 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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The Word Two Historians Fight Over

D1.2.3-5

NameDate

Circle the idea that is genuinely contested.

1.'Was the wage cut fair?' Which idea is contested?
  • A.The size of the cut
  • B.What a fair share of a falling trade looks like
  • C.The date of the notice
2.'Did the uplands decline?' Which idea is contested?
  • A.Whether losing people is the same as declining
  • B.The 1891 figure
  • C.The 1861 figure
3.'Was emigration a choice?' Which idea is contested?
  • A.The fare of 4 pounds
  • B.The year 1885
  • C.What counts as choosing when the alternative is no work
4.'Did the mills or the harbour make the region?' Which idea is contested?
  • A.The tonnage of coal
  • B.What counts as making a place: its people or its money
  • C.The year of the census
5.'Was the region prosperous in 1891?' Which idea is contested?
  • A.The population total
  • B.Prosperous for whom, and measured how
  • C.The number of vessels
6.'Was the union right to call the hands out?' Which idea is contested?
  • A.When a risk taken together is worth the hardship it costs
  • B.The fund of 340 pounds
  • C.The date Monday
7.'Did the medical officer prove his case?' Which idea is contested?
  • A.The year of the report
  • B.What counts as proof that one thing causes another
  • C.The death rate figures
8.'Should half-time working have ended?' Which idea is contested?
  • A.The date of the minute
  • B.Whose interest should decide, the child's or the family's
  • C.The vote count

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Answer key — The Word Two Historians Fight Over

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.What a fair share of a falling trade looks like
  2. 2.Whether losing people is the same as declining
  3. 3.What counts as choosing when the alternative is no work
  4. 4.What counts as making a place: its people or its money
  5. 5.Prosperous for whom, and measured how
  6. 6.When a risk taken together is worth the hardship it costs
  7. 7.What counts as proof that one thing causes another
  8. 8.Whose interest should decide, the child's or the family's

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D1.2.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.