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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.The poll says housing first; the debate shows villages objecting. How do they relate?
A.They repeat each other
B.They contradict each other
C.The poll's urban sample may be exactly what the villages complained about
2.The council report gives 4,180 built and 11,600 waiting. What does the letters page add?
A.A second set of figures
B.What waiting felt like to the families the numbers count
C.A correction
3.Why is the white paper not evidence of what happened?
A.It is too short
B.It is evidence of what was intended, which is a different thing
C.It is too old
4.Two sources give different figures for one year. What do you do?
A.Take the larger
B.Ask who counted, over what period, and for what purpose
C.Average them
5.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
6.Two sources agree that bricks ran short. What does that give you?
A.A reason to drop one
B.Better confidence about bricks, and nothing about the cause of the whole shortfall
C.Proof of the whole claim
7.The white paper promises 300,000; the broadcast reports 140,000. What follows?
A.The gap between them is the fact worth explaining
B.Neither can be used
C.One is a forgery
8.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.Reject it: letters are opinion
C.Trust it: it is printed
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Answer key — Promise Against Outcome
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.The poll's urban sample may be exactly what the villages complained about
2.What waiting felt like to the families the numbers count
3.It is evidence of what was intended, which is a different thing
4.Ask who counted, over what period, and for what purpose
5.Set the broadcast's admission against building rates where firms did build
6.Better confidence about bricks, and nothing about the cause of the whole shortfall
7.The gap between them is the fact worth explaining
8.Look for the paper's own record of how many it received
Questions about Promise Against Outcome
What does the Promise Against Outcome worksheet cover?
It practises comparing what different sources say — 8 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on Common Core D2.His.10.3-5: Compare what different sources say about the same past. The instruction to pupils is “Circle the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Promise Against Outcome practise?
D2.His.10.3-5 — D2.His.10.3-5, in the History domain for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Compare information provided by different historical sources about the past.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Promise Against Outcome is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.His.10.3-5, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Promise Against Outcome 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 Promise Against Outcome 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 Promise Against Outcome free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Promise Against Outcome, 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.10.3-5?
Yes — “Promise Against Outcome” is a 55-minute Grade 3 to Grade 5 plan for D2.His.10.3-5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Promise Against Outcome is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.His.10.3-5
Compare what different sources say about the same past.
Teaching this next? Promise Against Outcome is the 55-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.