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

NameDate

Write your answer. Use the checklist.

1.Argue whether building upward was the right answer for the city.

State your position
Use the council report
Answer the residents' objection

2.Argue whether materials should have gone by damage or by equal shares.

State your position
Use the debate
Say who loses either way

LessonPrint · D4.1.3-5 · Set 25 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Make the Case With Sources

Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.

1.A position on building upward, using the council report's waiting list and answering the residents' objection.
2.A position on allocating materials by damage or by equal shares, using the debate and saying who loses under each.

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