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Two Sides of One Dispute is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on why people of one period differed in perspective, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.4.3-5. 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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Two Sides of One Dispute

D2.His.4.3-5

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Circle the best answer.

1.The 1998 historian sides with the mills. Why might another disagree?
  • A.The harbour is prettier
  • B.Another may count money rather than people
  • C.Historians enjoy arguing
2.What should a historian do with two opposed accounts of 1893?
  • A.Take the shorter one
  • B.Use both, and ask what each side stood to gain or lose
  • C.Discard both
3.A mill hand and an upland farmer describe the 1880s differently. Why?
  • A.The same decade brought one work and took the other's market
  • B.Hands dislike fields
  • C.Farmers dislike towns
4.Two board members disagree about half-time working. Why?
  • A.One dislikes children
  • B.One is richer
  • C.One sees children who cannot read; the other sees families who cannot eat
5.The owners and the union describe 1893 differently. Why?
  • A.One cannot read
  • B.One is older
  • C.One is protecting a profit and the other a wage
6.Why is it wrong to call one of two such accounts simply false?
  • A.Each describes a real position in the same events
  • B.Accounts cannot be judged
  • C.Both are always right
7.An emigrant and a farmer who stayed describe 1885 differently. Why?
  • A.One is braver
  • B.One is lazier
  • C.One found the region could not keep him; the other found it could
8.The medical officer and a ratepayer disagree about pipes. Why?
  • A.One cannot count
  • B.One counts deaths; the other counts the rates he must pay
  • C.One is a doctor

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Answer key — Two Sides of One Dispute

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Another may count money rather than people
  2. 2.Use both, and ask what each side stood to gain or lose
  3. 3.The same decade brought one work and took the other's market
  4. 4.One sees children who cannot read; the other sees families who cannot eat
  5. 5.One is protecting a profit and the other a wage
  6. 6.Each describes a real position in the same events
  7. 7.One found the region could not keep him; the other found it could
  8. 8.One counts deaths; the other counts the rates he must pay

More practice for D2.His.4.3-5

Explain why people living at the same time saw things differently.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.4.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.