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Improving the Town is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on improving a community, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Civ.14.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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Improving the Town

D2.Civ.14.K-2

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1.The reservoir runs low most summers. What would help?
  • A.Close the taps forever
  • B.Wait for rain
  • C.Store more water, and use less in dry months
2.The river floods Mill Row every few years. What would help?
  • A.Move the river
  • B.Tell people not to live there
  • C.Raise the river wall, as the council promised
3.Few townspeople come to council meetings. What would help?
  • A.Publish what will be discussed beforehand
  • B.Hold them in secret
  • C.Stop having meetings
4.Children worked at the mill and nobody recorded their names. What would help now?
  • A.Forget about it
  • B.Guess the names
  • C.Collect family letters and papers into the record office
5.The museum has no label for half its objects. What would help?
  • A.Remove the objects
  • B.Ask families what they know and write labels from it
  • C.Make labels up
6.Old census pages are crumbling. What would help?
  • A.Throw them away
  • B.Copy them so the original can be handled less
  • C.Let people handle them more
7.The market walkway is blocked on busy days. What would help?
  • A.Mark the walkway and agree stall edges
  • B.Ban busy days
  • C.Close the market
8.The school was cold when the coal failed. What would help?
  • A.Send children home all winter
  • B.Blame the merchant
  • C.Keep a store of fuel for the winter

LessonPrint · D2.Civ.14.K-2 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Improving the Town

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Store more water, and use less in dry months
  2. 2.Raise the river wall, as the council promised
  3. 3.Publish what will be discussed beforehand
  4. 4.Collect family letters and papers into the record office
  5. 5.Ask families what they know and write labels from it
  6. 6.Copy them so the original can be handled less
  7. 7.Mark the walkway and agree stall edges
  8. 8.Keep a store of fuel for the winter

More practice for D2.Civ.14.K-2

Describe how people have tried to make their community better.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.14.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.