Landing on the Neighbors is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on external benefits and costs, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Eco.8.3-5. 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 students 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.Sort each one: External cost or External benefit?
Sort: A river fouled below the works, Crowding raising deaths in neighboring streets, Doctors settling where the population grew, A newspaper reaching villages along the line
External costExternal benefit
2.Sort each one: External cost or External benefit?
Sort: Noise from the harbor at all hours, A school raising the literacy of a whole district, Roads worn out by the carts to the quay, A drained marsh improving neighboring fields
External costExternal benefit
3.Sort each one: External cost or External benefit?
Sort: A harbor light guiding vessels that pay no dues, Mill smoke settling on nearby washing, An upland village emptied of its young, Piped water reaching a street it was not laid for
External costExternal benefit
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Answer key — Landing on the Neighbors
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A newspaper reaching villages along the line — External benefit 2. A river fouled below the works — External cost 3. Crowding raising deaths in neighboring streets — External cost 4. Doctors settling where the population grew — External benefit
2.1. A drained marsh improving neighboring fields — External benefit 2. A school raising the literacy of a whole district — External benefit 3. Noise from the harbor at all hours — External cost 4. Roads worn out by the carts to the quay — External cost
3.1. A harbor light guiding vessels that pay no dues — External benefit 2. An upland village emptied of its young — External cost 3. Mill smoke settling on nearby washing — External cost 4. Piped water reaching a street it was not laid for — External benefit
Questions about Landing on the Neighbors
What does the Landing on the Neighbors worksheet cover?
It practices external benefits and costs — 3 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on C3 Framework D2.Eco.8.3-5: Give examples where a choice affects people who were not part of it. The instruction to students is “Sort each effect into cost or benefit”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which C3 Framework indicator does Landing on the Neighbors practice?
D2.Eco.8.3-5, under Economics for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published indicator reads: “Identify examples of external benefits and costs.” The worksheet assesses that indicator rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Landing on the Neighbors is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.8.3-5, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Landing on the Neighbors 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 Landing on the Neighbors 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 Landing on the Neighbors free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Landing on the Neighbors, 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.8.3-5?
Yes — “Landing on the Neighbors” is a 50-minute Grade 3 to Grade 5 plan for D2.Eco.8.3-5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Landing on the Neighbors is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.Eco.8.3-5
Give examples where a choice affects people who were not part of it.
Teaching this next? Landing on the Neighbors is the 50-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.