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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.Emma Shaw worked at eleven. What is a good question?
  • A.What was her favourite food?
  • B.How tall was she?
  • C.What choices did her family have?
2.Somebody decided to close the school in the flood. What is a good question?
  • A.Where did they stand?
  • B.What made them judge it unsafe?
  • C.What time did they decide?
3.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?
4.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?
5.The Shaw family kept the shuttle for 86 years. What is a good question?
  • A.What wood is boxwood?
  • B.How heavy was it?
  • C.Why did it matter enough to keep?
6.Somebody wrote the 1871 census. What is a good question?
  • A.How long did it take?
  • B.Why did the town want to know who lived where?
  • C.What pen was used?
7.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?
8.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?

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Answer key — Asking About the Town's People

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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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.