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

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Answer key — Two Sides of One Dispute

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

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

More practice for D2.His.4.3-5

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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.