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

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Answer key — Two Sides of One Dispute

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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.