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

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Answer key — Where Two Explanations Overlap

Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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