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

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Answer key — What Moves Through the Town

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

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