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Four Positions, One Program is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on why people of one period differed in perspective, aligned to C3 Framework indicator 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 students 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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Four Positions, One Program

D2.His.4.3-5

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Circle the best answer.

1.Why is it wrong to call one of two such views mistaken?
  • A.Views cannot be judged
  • B.Both are always right
  • C.Each describes a real position within the same events
2.The minister and the coastal member disagree about builders. Why?
  • A.One dislikes councils
  • B.One dislikes firms
  • C.One must allocate scarce materials; the other sees firms standing idle
3.A waiting family and a government statistician read the figures differently. Why?
  • A.Statisticians are cold
  • B.A national total is progress; a seventh year is a life spent waiting
  • C.Families cannot count
4.A northern city member and a rural member disagree. Why?
  • A.One has constituents four to a room and the other has villages given nothing
  • B.One is older
  • C.One is cleverer
5.What should a historian do with these disagreements?
  • A.Take the majority
  • B.Use them all, and ask what each position could see
  • C.Discard the losers
6.Two polled adults answer differently about what should come first. Why?
  • A.One misread the question
  • B.Each names what is most missing from their own life
  • C.One was careless
7.The 2011 historian and her critics disagree. Why?
  • A.One weighs shortages and the other weighs the choice of builder
  • B.One is newer
  • C.One is longer
8.A council officer and a resident disagree about building upward. Why?
  • A.One likes height
  • B.One is stubborn
  • C.One must house 11,600 families; the other loses light and a street

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Answer key — Four Positions, One Program

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  1. 1.Each describes a real position within the same events
  2. 2.One must allocate scarce materials; the other sees firms standing idle
  3. 3.A national total is progress; a seventh year is a life spent waiting
  4. 4.One has constituents four to a room and the other has villages given nothing
  5. 5.Use them all, and ask what each position could see
  6. 6.Each names what is most missing from their own life
  7. 7.One weighs shortages and the other weighs the choice of builder
  8. 8.One must house 11,600 families; the other loses light and a street

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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.