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Make Your Case About the Town is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on making an argument with evidence, aligned to Common Core standard D4.1.K-2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 14 of them with 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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Make Your Case About the Town

D4.1.K-2

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Write your answer. Use the checklist.

1.Should the town fund have paid for the library roof? Say what you think and why.
  • Say yes or no
  • Give one reason
  • Use evidence from the minutes
2.Was it right that Emma Shaw worked at the mill at eleven? Say why.
  • Say what you think
  • Give one reason
  • Use evidence from the letter or census

LessonPrint · D4.1.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Make Your Case About the Town

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.A view on the library roof with a reason, ideally citing the vote or the cost from the minutes.
  2. 2.A judgement about Emma working, with a reason that uses the letter or the census rather than only feelings.

Questions about Make Your Case About the Town

What does the Make Your Case About the Town worksheet cover?

It practises making an argument with evidence — 2 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D4.1.K-2: Make an argument and give reasons for it. The instruction to pupils is “Write your answer. Use the checklist”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Make Your Case About the Town practise?

D4.1.K-2 — D4.1.K-2, in the Communicating Conclusions and Taking Informed Action domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Construct an argument with reasons.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Make Your Case About the Town is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D4.1.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Make Your Case About the Town come with an answer key?

Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of Make Your Case About the Town can I print?

25 versions, of which 14 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.

Is Make Your Case About the Town free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Make Your Case About the Town, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

Is there a lesson plan to teach D4.1.K-2?

Yes — “Make Your Case About the Town” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D4.1.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Make Your Case About the Town is the practice that follows it.

More practice for D4.1.K-2

Make an argument and give reasons for it.

Teaching this next? Make Your Case About the Town is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D4.1.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.