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What Moves Through the Town is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on movement of people, goods and ideas, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.7.K-2. It prints 2 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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What Moves Through the Town

D2.Geo.7.K-2

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Draw a line from each one to why it travels.

1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Coal for the school
  • Fish from the coast
  • The Shaw family's shuttle
  • Workers walking down Mill Row
  • A.Moved from a house to the museum
  • B.Carried inland to reach a market that wants it
  • C.Delivered because the town has no coal of its own
  • D.Going to the mill when the bell rang
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Cloth from Bridge Mill
  • News of the flood
  • Traders on Tuesday
  • Water from the reservoir
  • A.Come in for the day and leave by four
  • B.Spread by the town newspaper
  • C.Piped down to the town's taps
  • D.Sent out to towns that did not weave

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Answer key — What Moves Through the Town

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Coal for the school — C (Delivered because the town has no coal of its own) 2. Fish from the coast — B (Carried inland to reach a market that wants it) 3. The Shaw family's shuttle — A (Moved from a house to the museum) 4. Workers walking down Mill Row — D (Going to the mill when the bell rang)
  2. 2.1. Cloth from Bridge Mill — D (Sent out to towns that did not weave) 2. News of the flood — B (Spread by the town newspaper) 3. Traders on Tuesday — A (Come in for the day and leave by four) 4. Water from the reservoir — C (Piped down to the town's taps)

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.7.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.