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

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Answer key — Where Two Explanations Overlap

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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