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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.

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Asking About the Town's People

D2.His.3.K-2

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Circle the best question to ask.

1.Somebody wrote the 1871 census. What is a good question?
  • A.Why did the town want to know who lived where?
  • B.What pen was used?
  • C.How long did it take?
2.The newspaper reported the flood. What is a good question?
  • A.What did it cost?
  • B.What did the paper want the council to do?
  • C.How many pages was it?
3.Somebody built the reservoir above the town. What is a good question?
  • A.What did the town do for water before it?
  • B.Who swims there?
  • C.How deep is it?
4.Emma Shaw worked at eleven. What is a good question?
  • A.What choices did her family have?
  • B.What was her favourite food?
  • C.How tall was she?
5.Somebody decided to close the school in the flood. What is a good question?
  • A.What made them judge it unsafe?
  • B.What time did they decide?
  • C.Where did they stand?
6.Two councillors voted against the roof. What is a good question?
  • A.What were their names?
  • B.What did they want the money spent on instead?
  • C.Where did they sit?
7.The Shaw family kept the shuttle for 86 years. What is a good question?
  • A.What wood is boxwood?
  • B.Why did it matter enough to keep?
  • C.How heavy was it?
8.Somebody decided to build Bridge Mill. What is a good question?
  • A.How tall was the chimney?
  • B.Why did they choose this stretch of the river?
  • C.What colour was the brick?

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Answer key — Asking About the Town's People

Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Why did the town want to know who lived where?
  2. 2.What did the paper want the council to do?
  3. 3.What did the town do for water before it?
  4. 4.What choices did her family have?
  5. 5.What made them judge it unsafe?
  6. 6.What did they want the money spent on instead?
  7. 7.Why did it matter enough to keep?
  8. 8.Why did they choose this stretch of the river?

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.3.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.