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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 'did children work in this town?'
  • A.Because it tells us how much childhood has changed here
  • B.Because children are small
  • C.Because mills had bells
2.Why is it worth asking 'who lived on Mill Row?'
  • A.Because the houses are small
  • B.Because the census can tell us and nobody else remembers
  • C.Because rows are straight
3.Why is it worth asking 'who paid for the library roof?'
  • A.Because the money came from the town fund we all pay into
  • B.Because roofs leak
  • C.Because libraries are quiet
4.Why is it worth asking 'why is the market on a Tuesday?'
  • A.Because stalls are striped
  • B.Because Tuesday is a nice day
  • C.Because the answer probably goes back a very long way
5.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 funds are boring
  • C.Because councillors wear suits
6.Why is it worth asking 'why did the mill close?'
  • A.Because 200 people worked there and the town changed when it went
  • B.Because the river is wide
  • C.Because mills are old
7.Why is it worth asking 'where does our water come from?'
  • A.Because the reservoir can run low and everybody depends on it
  • B.Because water is wet
  • C.Because taps are metal
8.Why is it worth asking 'why was the school closed in 1912?'
  • A.Because 1912 is a long time ago
  • B.Because schools close sometimes
  • C.Because it shows how a flood reached beyond the houses

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Answer key — Questions Worth Asking About Town

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Because it tells us how much childhood has changed here
  2. 2.Because the census can tell us and nobody else remembers
  3. 3.Because the money came from the town fund we all pay into
  4. 4.Because the answer probably goes back a very long way
  5. 5.Because it is money everybody in the town has paid
  6. 6.Because 200 people worked there and the town changed when it went
  7. 7.Because the reservoir can run low and everybody depends on it
  8. 8.Because it shows how a flood reached beyond the houses

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