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