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

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Answer key — What Moves Through the Town

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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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.