The Town's Long Reach is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on consumption connecting distant places, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.11.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 mill closed. How did that affect places that bought its cloth?
A.They stopped wearing cloth
B.Nothing changed
C.They had to buy cloth from somewhere else
2.Why does a town's shopping list reveal its connections?
A.Because prices vary
B.Because each item names a place it came from
C.Because lists are long
3.Boxwood came a long way for shuttles. What does that show?
A.Even a local trade depended on distant places
B.Shuttles are small
C.Boxwood is cheap
4.Fish arrives from the coast each Tuesday. What does that require?
A.A bigger square
B.Somebody fishing, and somebody carrying it inland
C.Nothing, it arrives
5.The school burns coal from the coalfield. What does that connect it to?
A.The playground
B.The miners who cut it and the railway that brought it
C.The head teacher
6.What does 'the town depends on other places' mean?
A.It is poor
B.It has no farms
C.It cannot supply everything it uses from inside its own boundary
7.The market sells oranges from Spain. What does that connect the town to?
A.Only stall 5
B.The Market Square
C.The growers and pickers in Spain
8.The mill wove cloth for other towns. What did that connect it to?
A.The places that bought and wore the cloth
B.Only Mill Row
C.Only the river
LessonPrint · D2.Geo.11.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — The Town's Long Reach
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.They had to buy cloth from somewhere else
2.Because each item names a place it came from
3.Even a local trade depended on distant places
4.Somebody fishing, and somebody carrying it inland
5.The miners who cut it and the railway that brought it
6.It cannot supply everything it uses from inside its own boundary
7.The growers and pickers in Spain
8.The places that bought and wore the cloth
Questions about The Town's Long Reach
What does the The Town's Long Reach worksheet cover?
It practises consumption connecting distant places — 8 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D2.Geo.11.K-2: Explain how what you buy links you to places far away. The instruction to pupils is “Circle the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does The Town's Long Reach practise?
D2.Geo.11.K-2 — D2.Geo.11.K-2, in the Geography domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Explain how the consumption of products connects people to distant places.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
The Town's Long Reach is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.Geo.11.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does The Town's Long Reach 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 The Town's Long Reach 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 The Town's Long Reach free to print and photocopy?
Yes. The Town's Long Reach, 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.Geo.11.K-2?
Yes — “The Town's Long Reach” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D2.Geo.11.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. The Town's Long Reach is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.Geo.11.K-2
Explain how what you buy links you to places far away.
Teaching this next? The Town's Long Reach is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.