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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.'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
2.'Was the wage cut fair?' Which idea is contested?
  • A.The date of the notice
  • B.The size of the cut
  • C.What a fair share of a falling trade looks like
3.'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
4.'Did the mills or the harbour make the region?' Which idea is contested?
  • A.The year of the census
  • B.What counts as making a place: its people or its money
  • C.The tonnage of coal
5.'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
6.'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
7.'Did the medical officer prove his case?' Which idea is contested?
  • A.What counts as proof that one thing causes another
  • B.The death rate figures
  • C.The year of the report
8.'Was emigration a choice?' Which idea is contested?
  • A.The fare of 4 pounds
  • B.What counts as choosing when the alternative is no work
  • C.The year 1885

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Answer key — The Word Two Historians Fight Over

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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