The Town's Tools and Know-How is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on capital goods and human capital, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.13.K-2. It prints 3 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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Sort: Knowing how to date an object, Knowing when a bridge is unsafe, The market scales, The museum display cases
A toolA skill
2.Sort each one: A tool or A skill?
Sort: The bridge itself, The record office shelves, Knowing where a pipe leaks, Knowing how to store old paper
A toolA skill
3.Sort each one: A tool or A skill?
Sort: The reservoir and pipes, Knowing how to mend a loom, The looms at Bridge Mill, Knowing how to record a vote exactly
A toolA skill
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.13.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — The Town's Tools and Know-How
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Knowing how to date an object — A skill 2. Knowing when a bridge is unsafe — A skill 3. The market scales — A tool 4. The museum display cases — A tool
2.1. Knowing how to store old paper — A skill 2. Knowing where a pipe leaks — A skill 3. The bridge itself — A tool 4. The record office shelves — A tool
3.1. Knowing how to mend a loom — A skill 2. Knowing how to record a vote exactly — A skill 3. The looms at Bridge Mill — A tool 4. The reservoir and pipes — A tool
Questions about The Town's Tools and Know-How
What does the The Town's Tools and Know-How worksheet cover?
It practises capital goods and human capital — 3 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D2.Eco.13.K-2: Give examples of tools people work with and skills they bring. The instruction to pupils is “Sort each one into tool or skill”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does The Town's Tools and Know-How practise?
D2.Eco.13.K-2 — D2.Eco.13.K-2, in the Economics domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Describe examples of capital goods and human capital.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
The Town's Tools and Know-How is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.13.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does The Town's Tools and Know-How come with an answer key?
Yes. All 3 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 The Town's Tools and Know-How can I print?
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is The Town's Tools and Know-How free to print and photocopy?
Yes. The Town's Tools and Know-How, 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 D2.Eco.13.K-2?
Yes — “The Town's Tools and Know-How” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D2.Eco.13.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. The Town's Tools and Know-How is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.Eco.13.K-2
Give examples of tools people work with and skills they bring.