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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 river floods Mill Row every few years. What would help?
  • A.Raise the river wall, as the council promised
  • B.Move the river
  • C.Tell people not to live there
2.The museum has no label for half its objects. What would help?
  • A.Ask families what they know and write labels from it
  • B.Remove the objects
  • C.Make labels up
3.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
4.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
5.The reservoir runs low most summers. What would help?
  • A.Store more water, and use less in dry months
  • B.Wait for rain
  • C.Close the taps forever
6.The market walkway is blocked on busy days. What would help?
  • A.Mark the walkway and agree stall edges
  • B.Close the market
  • C.Ban busy days
7.Old census pages are crumbling. What would help?
  • A.Throw them away
  • B.Let people handle them more
  • C.Copy them so the original can be handled less
8.Few townspeople come to council meetings. What would help?
  • A.Stop having meetings
  • B.Publish what will be discussed beforehand
  • C.Hold them in secret

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Answer key — Improving the Town

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

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.