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Where Two Explanations Overlap is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on ideas open to different interpretations, aligned to Common Core standard D1.2.3-5. 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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Where Two Explanations Overlap

D1.2.3-5

NameDate

Circle the idea that is genuinely contested.

1.'Should councils or private firms have built?' Which idea is contested?
  • A.The number of firms
  • B.The price of bricks
  • C.Whether speed or fair allocation should decide who builds
2.'Was the housing programme a success?' Which idea is contested?
  • A.The date of the broadcast
  • B.The figure of 140,000
  • C.What standard a programme should be judged against
3.'Were the villages treated unfairly?' Which idea is contested?
  • A.Whether need or equal shares should decide allocation
  • B.The number of villages
  • C.The size of the paper
4.'Was the trade agreement a good bargain?' Which idea is contested?
  • A.The tonnage of timber
  • B.The length of notice
  • C.How to weigh certainty of supply against freedom to trade
5.'Did shortages or politics set the pace?' Which idea is contested?
  • A.The year of the white paper
  • B.The number of homes built
  • C.What counts as a cause when two explanations overlap
6.'Did the minister's admission help?' Which idea is contested?
  • A.The word count
  • B.Whether public trust is built by candour or by results
  • C.The date of the broadcast
7.'Was the poll a fair guide to opinion?' Which idea is contested?
  • A.The figure of 2,000
  • B.What makes a sample representative of a whole country
  • C.The year 1947
8.'Was seven years too long to wait?' Which idea is contested?
  • A.The number seven
  • B.What a government owes people while they wait
  • C.The size of the family

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Answer key — Where Two Explanations Overlap

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Whether speed or fair allocation should decide who builds
  2. 2.What standard a programme should be judged against
  3. 3.Whether need or equal shares should decide allocation
  4. 4.How to weigh certainty of supply against freedom to trade
  5. 5.What counts as a cause when two explanations overlap
  6. 6.Whether public trust is built by candour or by results
  7. 7.What makes a sample representative of a whole country
  8. 8.What a government owes people while they wait

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D1.2.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.