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Our Town or Many Places? is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on problems near and far, aligned to Common Core standard D4.6.K-2. It prints 3 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.

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Our Town or Many Places?

D4.6.K-2

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Sort each problem into our town or many places.

1.Sort each one: A problem in our town or A problem in many places?

Sort: Rivers flooding towns in many countries, The reservoir runs low most summers, Water shortages in dry regions, The market walkway blocks on busy days

A problem in our townA problem in many places
2.Sort each one: A problem in our town or A problem in many places?

Sort: Towns losing the work that built them, Few townspeople come to council meetings, Children working instead of going to school, The river wall is still too low

A problem in our townA problem in many places
3.Sort each one: A problem in our town or A problem in many places?

Sort: Half the museum objects have no label, Old census pages are crumbling, Old records lost before they were copied, Coastal fishing grounds running short

A problem in our townA problem in many places

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Answer key — Our Town or Many Places?

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Rivers flooding towns in many countries — A problem in many places 2. The market walkway blocks on busy days — A problem in our town 3. The reservoir runs low most summers — A problem in our town 4. Water shortages in dry regions — A problem in many places
  2. 2.1. Children working instead of going to school — A problem in many places 2. Few townspeople come to council meetings — A problem in our town 3. The river wall is still too low — A problem in our town 4. Towns losing the work that built them — A problem in many places
  3. 3.1. Coastal fishing grounds running short — A problem in many places 2. Half the museum objects have no label — A problem in our town 3. Old census pages are crumbling — A problem in our town 4. Old records lost before they were copied — A problem in many places

Questions about Our Town or Many Places?

What does the Our Town or Many Places? worksheet cover?

It practises problems near and far — 3 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D4.6.K-2: Name problems near and far, and some ways people are tackling them. The instruction to pupils is “Sort each problem into our town or many places”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Our Town or Many Places? practise?

D4.6.K-2 — D4.6.K-2, in the Communicating Conclusions and Taking Informed Action domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Identify and explain a range of local, regional, and global problems, and some ways in which people are trying to address these problems.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Our Town or Many Places? is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D4.6.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Our Town or Many Places? come with an answer key?

Yes. All 3 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 Our Town or Many Places? 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 Our Town or Many Places? free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Our Town or Many Places?, 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 D4.6.K-2?

Yes — “Our Town or Many Places?” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D4.6.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Our Town or Many Places? is the practice that follows it.

More practice for D4.6.K-2

Name problems near and far, and some ways people are tackling them.

Teaching this next? Our Town or Many Places? is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D4.6.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.