What the Town Draws On is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on using near and distant environments, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.8.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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Sort: Tea for the stalls, Vegetables from Hill Farm, Oranges from Spain, Cheese from Ford Dairy
From near hereFrom far away
2.Sort each one: From near here or From far away?
Sort: Clay for local bricks, Water from the reservoir above town, Coal from the coalfield, Boxwood for shuttles
From near hereFrom far away
3.Sort each one: From near here or From far away?
Sort: Stone from the local quarry, Timber from the woods, Fish from the coast, Iron for the bridge
From near hereFrom far away
LessonPrint · D2.Geo.8.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What the Town Draws On
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Cheese from Ford Dairy — From near here 2. Oranges from Spain — From far away 3. Tea for the stalls — From far away 4. Vegetables from Hill Farm — From near here
2.1. Boxwood for shuttles — From far away 2. Clay for local bricks — From near here 3. Coal from the coalfield — From far away 4. Water from the reservoir above town — From near here
3.1. Fish from the coast — From far away 2. Iron for the bridge — From far away 3. Stone from the local quarry — From near here 4. Timber from the woods — From near here
Questions about What the Town Draws On
What does the What the Town Draws On worksheet cover?
It practises using near and distant environments — 3 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D2.Geo.8.K-2: Compare how communities use nearby and faraway places to get what they need. The instruction to pupils is “Sort each one into where it comes from”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does What the Town Draws On practise?
D2.Geo.8.K-2 — D2.Geo.8.K-2, in the Geography domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Compare how people in different types of communities use local and distant environments to meet their daily needs.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
What the Town Draws On is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.Geo.8.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does What the Town Draws On 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 What the Town Draws 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 What the Town Draws On free to print and photocopy?
Yes. What the Town Draws 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.Geo.8.K-2?
Yes — “What the Town Draws On” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D2.Geo.8.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. What the Town Draws On is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.Geo.8.K-2
Compare how communities use nearby and faraway places to get what they need.
Teaching this next? What the Town Draws On is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.