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What Moves Through the Town is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on movement of people, goods and ideas, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.7.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.

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What Moves Through the Town

D2.Geo.7.K-2

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Draw a line from each one to why it travels.

1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Workers walking down Mill Row
  • Coal for the school
  • The Shaw family's shuttle
  • Traders on Tuesday
  • A.Delivered because the town has no coal of its own
  • B.Moved from a house to the museum
  • C.Come in for the day and leave by four
  • D.Going to the mill when the bell rang
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • News of the flood
  • Fish from the coast
  • Cloth from Bridge Mill
  • Water from the reservoir
  • A.Sent out to towns that did not weave
  • B.Spread by the town newspaper
  • C.Carried inland to reach a market that wants it
  • D.Piped down to the town's taps

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Answer key — What Moves Through the Town

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Workers walking down Mill Row — D (Going to the mill when the bell rang) 2. Coal for the school — A (Delivered because the town has no coal of its own) 3. The Shaw family's shuttle — B (Moved from a house to the museum) 4. Traders on Tuesday — C (Come in for the day and leave by four)
  2. 2.1. News of the flood — B (Spread by the town newspaper) 2. Fish from the coast — C (Carried inland to reach a market that wants it) 3. Cloth from Bridge Mill — A (Sent out to towns that did not weave) 4. Water from the reservoir — D (Piped down to the town's taps)

Questions about What Moves Through the Town

What does the What Moves Through the Town worksheet cover?

It practises movement of people, goods and ideas — 2 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D2.Geo.7.K-2: Explain why and how people, goods and ideas travel. The instruction to pupils is “Draw a line from each one to why it travels”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does What Moves Through the Town practise?

D2.Geo.7.K-2 — D2.Geo.7.K-2, in the Geography domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Explain why and how people, goods, and ideas move from place to place.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

What Moves Through the Town is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.Geo.7.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does What Moves Through the Town 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 What Moves Through 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 What Moves Through the Town free to print and photocopy?

Yes. What Moves Through 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.Geo.7.K-2?

Yes — “What Moves Through the Town” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D2.Geo.7.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. What Moves Through the Town is the practice that follows it.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.7.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.