Skills the Town Depends On is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on skills needed to make things, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.3.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 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.
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.3.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Skills the Town Depends On
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Market inspector — B (Knows how to test a set of scales) 2. Museum curator — A (Knows how to date an object) 3. Town clerk — C (Knows how to record a decision exactly) 4. Cheesemaker — D (Knows how long to age each batch)
2.1. Bridge engineer — A (Knows when a structure is unsafe) 2. Record office keeper — B (Knows how to store paper so it survives) 3. Weaver — C (Knows how to thread and mend a loom) 4. Water engineer — D (Knows how to find a leak underground)
Questions about Skills the Town Depends On
What does the Skills the Town Depends On worksheet cover?
It practises skills needed to make things — 2 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D2.Eco.3.K-2: Describe the skills somebody needs to make a particular thing. The instruction to pupils is “Draw a line from each job to the skill it needs”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Skills the Town Depends On practise?
D2.Eco.3.K-2 — D2.Eco.3.K-2, in the Economics domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Describe the skills and knowledge required to produce certain goods and services.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Skills the Town Depends On is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.3.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Skills the Town Depends On 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 Skills the Town Depends On 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 Skills the Town Depends On free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Skills the Town Depends On, 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.Eco.3.K-2?
Yes — “Skills the Town Depends On” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D2.Eco.3.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Skills the Town Depends On is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.Eco.3.K-2
Describe the skills somebody needs to make a particular thing.
Teaching this next? Skills the Town Depends On is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.