Changing the Land: Help and Harm is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on how changing the land helps and harms, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Geo.9.K-2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students 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.
D.Stores water and makes electricity, but floods a valley
2.Draw a line from each change to what it does.
Planting trees on bare hills
Cutting steps into a steep hillside
Building levees along a river
Digging a canal
A.Raised banks of earth that keep a river from spilling over
B.Boats can carry goods between waterways
C.Roots hold the soil in place
D.Flat steps that keep soil from washing downhill
LessonPrint · D2.Geo.9.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Changing the Land: Help and Harm
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Paving a field for a parking lot — A (Rain runs off instead of soaking in) 2. Building a dam on a river — D (Stores water and makes electricity, but floods a valley) 3. Mining coal — C (Fuel for power, but holes and dust) 4. Clearing a forest for houses — B (New houses, but forest animals lose their homes)
2.1. Planting trees on bare hills — C (Roots hold the soil in place) 2. Cutting steps into a steep hillside — D (Flat steps that keep soil from washing downhill) 3. Building levees along a river — A (Raised banks of earth that keep a river from spilling over) 4. Digging a canal — B (Boats can carry goods between waterways)
Questions about Changing the Land: Help and Harm
What does the Changing the Land: Help and Harm worksheet cover?
It practices how changing the land helps and harms — 2 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on C3 Framework D2.Geo.9.K-2: Describe how the land in a place shapes the work done there. The instruction to students is “Match each change to what it does”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which C3 Framework indicator does Changing the Land: Help and Harm practice?
D2.Geo.9.K-2, under Geography for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published indicator reads: “Describe the connections between the physical environment of a place and the economic activities found there.” The worksheet assesses that indicator rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Changing the Land: Help and Harm is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.Geo.9.K-2, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Changing the Land: Help and Harm come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 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 Changing the Land: Help and Harm can I print?
25 — one per student, 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 Changing the Land: Help and Harm free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Changing the Land: Help and Harm, 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.
More practice for D2.Geo.9.K-2
Describe how the land in a place shapes the work done there.