Evidence-based Conclusions (Grade 6)
Free printable HASS inquiry skills worksheet for Grade 6. Students test conclusions against evidence: supported, contradicted, or cannot tell, each with a fixed defensible answer.
Grade 6 · Social Studies worksheet
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Social Studies
Evidence-based Conclusions
Read the evidence, then judge each conclusion: Supported (the evidence shows it), Contradicted (the evidence shows the opposite), or Cannot tell (the evidence does not say).
- 1.Evidence: A storekeeper's ledger from the 1852 goldfields lists the prices charged for flour, tea and sugar. Conclusion: "We can learn what one goldfields store charged for some goods in 1852."
- a) Supported
- b) Contradicted
- c) Cannot tell
- 2.Evidence: A storekeeper's ledger from the 1852 goldfields lists the prices charged for flour, tea and sugar. Conclusion: "Goldfields stores gave flour away for free in 1852."
- a) Supported
- b) Contradicted
- c) Cannot tell
- 3.Evidence: A storekeeper's ledger from the 1852 goldfields lists the prices charged for flour, tea and sugar. Conclusion: "Every store on the goldfields charged the same prices."
- a) Supported
- b) Contradicted
- c) Cannot tell
- 4.Evidence: Census records show the town's population fell from 4,200 in 1991 to 2,900 in 2021. Conclusion: "The town's population declined between 1991 and 2021."
- a) Supported
- b) Contradicted
- c) Cannot tell
- 5.Evidence: Census records show the town's population fell from 4,200 in 1991 to 2,900 in 2021. Conclusion: "The town's population grew between 1991 and 2021."
- a) Supported
- b) Contradicted
- c) Cannot tell
- 6.Evidence: Census records show the town's population fell from 4,200 in 1991 to 2,900 in 2021. Conclusion: "Young people left the town because there were no jobs."
- a) Supported
- b) Contradicted
- c) Cannot tell
- 7.Evidence: The school's enrolment records show that students at the school today speak 42 different home languages, up from 12 languages in 1990. Conclusion: "The school community speaks many more home languages now than in 1990."
- a) Supported
- b) Contradicted
- c) Cannot tell
- 8.Evidence: The school's enrolment records show that students at the school today speak 42 different home languages, up from 12 languages in 1990. Conclusion: "The number of home languages at the school has fallen since 1990."
- a) Supported
- b) Contradicted
- c) Cannot tell
- 9.Evidence: The school's enrolment records show that students at the school today speak 42 different home languages, up from 12 languages in 1990. Conclusion: "Most of the new families moved to the area for work."
- a) Supported
- b) Contradicted
- c) Cannot tell
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