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Make the Case With Sources is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on constructing an argument from claims and evidence, aligned to Common Core standard D4.1.3-5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 14 of them with 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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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 14 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.

Make the Case With Sources

D4.1.3-5

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Write your answer. Use the checklist.

1.Argue whether materials should have gone by damage or by equal shares.
  • State your position
  • Use the debate
  • Say who loses either way
2.Argue whether fixing prices for five years was a wise agreement.
  • State your position
  • Use the agreement
  • Say what could go wrong

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Answer key — Make the Case With Sources

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.A position on allocating materials by damage or by equal shares, using the debate and saying who loses under each.
  2. 2.A position on fixing prices for five years, using the agreement and saying what could go wrong if prices moved.

More practice for D4.1.3-5

Make an argument using claims and evidence from several sources.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D4.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.