Two Sides of One Dispute is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on why people of one period differed in perspective, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.4.3-5. 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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.The 1998 historian sides with the mills. Why might another disagree?
A.The harbour is prettier
B.Historians enjoy arguing
C.Another may count money rather than people
2.Two board members disagree about half-time working. Why?
A.One sees children who cannot read; the other sees families who cannot eat
B.One dislikes children
C.One is richer
3.The owners and the union describe 1893 differently. Why?
A.One is older
B.One cannot read
C.One is protecting a profit and the other a wage
4.What should a historian do with two opposed accounts of 1893?
A.Use both, and ask what each side stood to gain or lose
B.Take the shorter one
C.Discard both
5.The medical officer and a ratepayer disagree about pipes. Why?
A.One is a doctor
B.One counts deaths; the other counts the rates he must pay
C.One cannot count
6.An emigrant and a farmer who stayed describe 1885 differently. Why?
A.One is braver
B.One is lazier
C.One found the region could not keep him; the other found it could
7.A mill hand and an upland farmer describe the 1880s differently. Why?
A.The same decade brought one work and took the other's market
B.Hands dislike fields
C.Farmers dislike towns
8.Why is it wrong to call one of two such accounts simply false?
A.Each describes a real position in the same events
B.Accounts cannot be judged
C.Both are always right
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Answer key — Two Sides of One Dispute
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Another may count money rather than people
2.One sees children who cannot read; the other sees families who cannot eat
3.One is protecting a profit and the other a wage
4.Use both, and ask what each side stood to gain or lose
5.One counts deaths; the other counts the rates he must pay
6.One found the region could not keep him; the other found it could
7.The same decade brought one work and took the other's market
8.Each describes a real position in the same events
Questions about Two Sides of One Dispute
What does the Two Sides of One Dispute worksheet cover?
It practises why people of one period differed in perspective — 8 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on Common Core D2.His.4.3-5: Explain why people living at the same time saw things differently. The instruction to pupils is “Circle the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Two Sides of One Dispute practise?
D2.His.4.3-5 — D2.His.4.3-5, in the History domain for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Explain why individuals and groups during the same historical period differed in their perspectives.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Two Sides of One Dispute is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.His.4.3-5, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Two Sides of One Dispute come with an answer key?
Yes. All 8 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Two Sides of One Dispute can I print?
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Two Sides of One Dispute free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Two Sides of One Dispute, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach D2.His.4.3-5?
Yes — “Two Sides of One Dispute” is a 50-minute Grade 3 to Grade 5 plan for D2.His.4.3-5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Two Sides of One Dispute is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.His.4.3-5
Explain why people living at the same time saw things differently.
Teaching this next? Two Sides of One Dispute is the 50-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.