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Whose Duty, Whose Freedom is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on rules that create duties and protect freedoms, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Civ.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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Whose Duty, Whose Freedom

D2.Civ.4.3-5

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Circle the best answer.

1.Wage changes must be posted. What duty does that create?
  • A.The hands must accept it
  • B.The owners must display the new rate before work begins
  • C.The union must agree
2.Fares must be paid before sailing. What duty does that create?
  • A.The agent must sail
  • B.The ship must wait
  • C.The passenger must find the money in advance
3.A medical officer must report annually. What duty and whose?
  • A.Householders must be healthy
  • B.The officer must publish the district's death rates each year
  • C.Mills must close
4.A medical officer must report annually. What freedom does that protect?
  • A.The officer's freedom to stay silent
  • B.The public's freedom to know how dangerous their district is
  • C.The owners' freedom to build
5.Wage changes must be posted. What freedom does it protect?
  • A.A hand's freedom to decide whether to work at that rate
  • B.The freedom to arrive late
  • C.The owners' freedom to pay less
6.Why does a rule protecting one person usually burden another?
  • A.A freedom is only real if somebody is obliged to respect it
  • B.Rules are written in pairs
  • C.It makes rules longer
7.The census must be taken. What duty and what freedom together?
  • A.The duty to move house
  • B.No duty and no freedom
  • C.The duty to answer truthfully, protecting everybody's freedom to be counted
8.Fares must be paid before sailing. What freedom does it protect?
  • A.The passenger's freedom to travel free
  • B.The agent's freedom not to be left unpaid after a ship has gone
  • C.The captain's freedom to choose

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Answer key — Whose Duty, Whose Freedom

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The owners must display the new rate before work begins
  2. 2.The passenger must find the money in advance
  3. 3.The officer must publish the district's death rates each year
  4. 4.The public's freedom to know how dangerous their district is
  5. 5.A hand's freedom to decide whether to work at that rate
  6. 6.A freedom is only real if somebody is obliged to respect it
  7. 7.The duty to answer truthfully, protecting everybody's freedom to be counted
  8. 8.The agent's freedom not to be left unpaid after a ship has gone

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