Improving the Town is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on improving a community, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Civ.14.K-2. 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 river floods Mill Row every few years. What would help?
A.Raise the river wall, as the council promised
B.Tell people not to live there
C.Move the river
2.Few townspeople come to council meetings. What would help?
A.Publish what will be discussed beforehand
B.Hold them in secret
C.Stop having meetings
3.The market walkway is blocked on busy days. What would help?
A.Ban busy days
B.Close the market
C.Mark the walkway and agree stall edges
4.The museum has no label for half its objects. What would help?
A.Remove the objects
B.Ask families what they know and write labels from it
C.Make labels up
5.The reservoir runs low most summers. What would help?
A.Wait for rain
B.Close the taps forever
C.Store more water, and use less in dry months
6.Old census pages are crumbling. What would help?
A.Copy them so the original can be handled less
B.Let people handle them more
C.Throw them away
7.The school was cold when the coal failed. What would help?
A.Keep a store of fuel for the winter
B.Blame the merchant
C.Send children home all winter
8.Children worked at the mill and nobody recorded their names. What would help now?
A.Forget about it
B.Guess the names
C.Collect family letters and papers into the record office
LessonPrint · D2.Civ.14.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Improving the Town
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Raise the river wall, as the council promised
2.Publish what will be discussed beforehand
3.Mark the walkway and agree stall edges
4.Ask families what they know and write labels from it
5.Store more water, and use less in dry months
6.Copy them so the original can be handled less
7.Keep a store of fuel for the winter
8.Collect family letters and papers into the record office
Questions about Improving the Town
What does the Improving the Town worksheet cover?
It practises improving a community — 8 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D2.Civ.14.K-2: Describe how people have tried to make their community better. The instruction to pupils is “Circle the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Improving the Town practise?
D2.Civ.14.K-2 — D2.Civ.14.K-2, in the Civics domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Describe how people have tried to improve their communities over time.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Improving the Town is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.Civ.14.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Improving the Town 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 Improving the Town 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 Improving the Town free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Improving the Town, 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.Civ.14.K-2?
Yes — “Improving the Town” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D2.Civ.14.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Improving the Town is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.Civ.14.K-2
Describe how people have tried to make their community better.
Teaching this next? Improving the Town is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.