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

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

Answer key — Improving the Town

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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.