Asking About the Town's People is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on questions about people who made change, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.3.K-2. It prints 8 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.Emma Shaw worked at eleven. What is a good question?
A.What choices did her family have?
B.How tall was she?
C.What was her favourite food?
2.The newspaper reported the flood. What is a good question?
A.How many pages was it?
B.What did it cost?
C.What did the paper want the council to do?
3.The Shaw family kept the shuttle for 86 years. What is a good question?
A.How heavy was it?
B.Why did it matter enough to keep?
C.What wood is boxwood?
4.Two councillors voted against the roof. What is a good question?
A.Where did they sit?
B.What did they want the money spent on instead?
C.What were their names?
5.Somebody decided to close the school in the flood. What is a good question?
A.What made them judge it unsafe?
B.Where did they stand?
C.What time did they decide?
6.Somebody wrote the 1871 census. What is a good question?
A.How long did it take?
B.What pen was used?
C.Why did the town want to know who lived where?
7.Somebody built the reservoir above the town. What is a good question?
A.How deep is it?
B.What did the town do for water before it?
C.Who swims there?
8.Somebody decided to build Bridge Mill. What is a good question?
A.What colour was the brick?
B.Why did they choose this stretch of the river?
C.How tall was the chimney?
LessonPrint · D2.His.3.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Asking About the Town's People
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.What choices did her family have?
2.What did the paper want the council to do?
3.Why did it matter enough to keep?
4.What did they want the money spent on instead?
5.What made them judge it unsafe?
6.Why did the town want to know who lived where?
7.What did the town do for water before it?
8.Why did they choose this stretch of the river?
Questions about Asking About the Town's People
What does the Asking About the Town's People worksheet cover?
It practises questions about people who made change — 8 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D2.His.3.K-2: Ask questions about the people behind a big change. The instruction to pupils is “Circle the best question to ask”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Asking About the Town's People practise?
D2.His.3.K-2 — D2.His.3.K-2, in the History domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped a significant historical change.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Asking About the Town's People is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.His.3.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Asking About the Town's People come with an answer key?
Yes. All 8 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 Asking About the Town's People 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 Asking About the Town's People free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Asking About the Town's People, 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.His.3.K-2?
Yes — “Asking About the Town's People” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D2.His.3.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Asking About the Town's People is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.His.3.K-2
Ask questions about the people behind a big change.