Home / Social Studies / Printables / Grade 3 to Grade 5 / Promise Against Outcome Promise Against Outcome is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on comparing what different sources say, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.10.3-5. 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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Promise Against Outcome D2.His.10.3-5
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Circle the best answer.
1. The council report gives 4,180 built and 11,600 waiting. What does the letters page add?
A. What waiting felt like to the families the numbers count B. A second set of figures C. A correction 2. The poll says housing first; the debate shows villages objecting. How do they relate?
A. They contradict each other B. The poll's urban sample may be exactly what the villages complained about C. They repeat each other 3. The 2011 author blames shortages; critics blame the choice of builder. How do you test it?
A. Accept the newer view B. Reject both C. Set the broadcast's admission against building rates where firms did build 4. The letters page prints three letters. How would you check it?
A. Look for the paper's own record of how many it received B. Trust it: it is printed C. Reject it: letters are opinion 5. Two sources agree that bricks ran short. What does that give you?
A. A reason to drop one B. Proof of the whole claim C. Better confidence about bricks, and nothing about the cause of the whole shortfall 6. The white paper promises 300,000; the broadcast reports 140,000. What follows?
A. One is a forgery B. The gap between them is the fact worth explaining C. Neither can be used 7. Two sources give different figures for one year. What do you do?
A. Take the larger B. Average them C. Ask who counted, over what period, and for what purpose 8. Why is the white paper not evidence of what happened?
A. It is too short B. It is too old C. It is evidence of what was intended, which is a different thing LessonPrint · D2.His.10.3-5 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Promise Against Outcome Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1. What waiting felt like to the families the numbers count 2. The poll's urban sample may be exactly what the villages complained about 3. Set the broadcast's admission against building rates where firms did build 4. Look for the paper's own record of how many it received 5. Better confidence about bricks, and nothing about the cause of the whole shortfall 6. The gap between them is the fact worth explaining 7. Ask who counted, over what period, and for what purpose 8. It is evidence of what was intended, which is a different thing Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.10.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.