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Four Positions, One Programme 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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Four Positions, One Programme

D2.His.4.3-5

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1.Why is it wrong to call one of two such views mistaken?
  • A.Views cannot be judged
  • B.Each describes a real position within the same events
  • C.Both are always right
2.What should a historian do with these disagreements?
  • A.Take the majority
  • B.Discard the losers
  • C.Use them all, and ask what each position could see
3.A waiting family and a government statistician read the figures differently. Why?
  • A.Families cannot count
  • B.Statisticians are cold
  • C.A national total is progress; a seventh year is a life spent waiting
4.Two polled adults answer differently about what should come first. Why?
  • A.Each names what is most missing from their own life
  • B.One misread the question
  • C.One was careless
5.The minister and the coastal member disagree about builders. Why?
  • A.One dislikes councils
  • B.One must allocate scarce materials; the other sees firms standing idle
  • C.One dislikes firms
6.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
7.A council officer and a resident disagree about building upward. Why?
  • A.One must house 11,600 families; the other loses light and a street
  • B.One likes height
  • C.One is stubborn
8.The 2011 historian and her critics disagree. Why?
  • A.One weighs shortages and the other weighs the choice of builder
  • B.One is longer
  • C.One is newer

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Answer key — Four Positions, One Programme

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

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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.