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Questions Worth Asking About Town is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on why a question is worth asking, aligned to Common Core standard D1.1.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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Questions Worth Asking About Town

D1.1.K-2

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Circle the best reason for asking each question.

1.Why is it worth asking 'why is the market on a Tuesday?'
  • A.Because the answer probably goes back a very long way
  • B.Because stalls are striped
  • C.Because Tuesday is a nice day
2.Why is it worth asking 'who lived on Mill Row?'
  • A.Because rows are straight
  • B.Because the houses are small
  • C.Because the census can tell us and nobody else remembers
3.Why is it worth asking 'why did the mill close?'
  • A.Because the river is wide
  • B.Because 200 people worked there and the town changed when it went
  • C.Because mills are old
4.Why is it worth asking 'who paid for the library roof?'
  • A.Because roofs leak
  • B.Because the money came from the town fund we all pay into
  • C.Because libraries are quiet
5.Why is it worth asking 'did children work in this town?'
  • A.Because mills had bells
  • B.Because it tells us how much childhood has changed here
  • C.Because children are small
6.Why is it worth asking 'where does the market fish come from?'
  • A.Because fish smell
  • B.Because stalls are numbered
  • C.Because the town is not on the coast, so somebody brings it
7.Why is it worth asking 'why was the school closed in 1912?'
  • A.Because schools close sometimes
  • B.Because it shows how a flood reached beyond the houses
  • C.Because 1912 is a long time ago
8.Why is it worth asking 'who decides how the town fund is spent?'
  • A.Because it is money everybody in the town has paid
  • B.Because councillors wear suits
  • C.Because funds are boring

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Answer key — Questions Worth Asking About Town

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Because the answer probably goes back a very long way
  2. 2.Because the census can tell us and nobody else remembers
  3. 3.Because 200 people worked there and the town changed when it went
  4. 4.Because the money came from the town fund we all pay into
  5. 5.Because it tells us how much childhood has changed here
  6. 6.Because the town is not on the coast, so somebody brings it
  7. 7.Because it shows how a flood reached beyond the houses
  8. 8.Because it is money everybody in the town has paid

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D1.1.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.