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What the Town Could Do is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on ways to take action, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D4.7.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 students 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 the Town Could Do

D4.7.K-2

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Draw a line from each problem to something that would help.

1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • The school runs out of coal
  • Few people attend council meetings
  • Museum objects have no labels
  • Nobody knows the mill workers' names
  • A.Publish the agenda in advance
  • B.Collect family memories and write labels
  • C.Gather letters and photographs from families
  • D.Ask the council to keep a winter store
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • The reservoir runs low each summer
  • The market walkway blocks
  • Census pages are crumbling
  • The river wall is too low
  • A.Ask the inspector to mark stall edges
  • B.Petition the council to fund raising it
  • C.Run a campaign about saving water
  • D.Ask the record office to copy them

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Answer key — What the Town Could Do

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The school runs out of coal — D (Ask the council to keep a winter store) 2. Few people attend council meetings — A (Publish the agenda in advance) 3. Museum objects have no labels — B (Collect family memories and write labels) 4. Nobody knows the mill workers' names — C (Gather letters and photographs from families)
  2. 2.1. The reservoir runs low each summer — C (Run a campaign about saving water) 2. The market walkway blocks — A (Ask the inspector to mark stall edges) 3. Census pages are crumbling — D (Ask the record office to copy them) 4. The river wall is too low — B (Petition the council to fund raising it)

Questions about What the Town Could Do

What does the What the Town Could Do worksheet cover?

It practices ways to take action — 2 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on C3 Framework D4.7.K-2: Name ways to help with a problem near you or far away. The instruction to students is “Draw a line from each problem to something that would help”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which C3 Framework indicator does What the Town Could Do practice?

D4.7.K-2, under Communicating Conclusions and Taking Informed Action for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published indicator reads: “Identify ways to take action to help address local, regional, and global problems.” The worksheet assesses that indicator rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

What the Town Could Do is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D4.7.K-2, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does What the Town Could Do 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 the Town Could Do can I print?

25 — one per student, 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 the Town Could Do free to print and photocopy?

Yes. What the Town Could Do, 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 D4.7.K-2?

Yes — “What the Town Could Do” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D4.7.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. What the Town Could Do is the practice that follows it.

More practice for D4.7.K-2

Name ways to help with a problem near you or far away.

Teaching this next? What the Town Could Do is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D4.7.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.