What Survives About the Town is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on identifying kinds of historical source, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.His.9.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 students 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.
1.Sort each one: A source about the past or Not a source?
Sort: The weaving shuttle itself, A guess about who lived at number 5, A movie made up about a flood, The 1871 census page
A source about the pastNot a source
2.Sort each one: A source about the past or Not a source?
Sort: The school log book, A drawing of an imaginary town, What we wish had happened, The newspaper flood report
A source about the pastNot a source
3.Sort each one: A source about the past or Not a source?
Sort: A story somebody invented about the mill, A rumor with nothing behind it, Alice's letter from 1868, The council minutes
A source about the pastNot a source
LessonPrint · D2.His.9.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What Survives About the Town
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A guess about who lived at number 5 — Not a source 2. A movie made up about a flood — Not a source 3. The 1871 census page — A source about the past 4. The weaving shuttle itself — A source about the past
2.1. A drawing of an imaginary town — Not a source 2. The newspaper flood report — A source about the past 3. The school log book — A source about the past 4. What we wish had happened — Not a source
3.1. A rumor with nothing behind it — Not a source 2. A story somebody invented about the mill — Not a source 3. Alice's letter from 1868 — A source about the past 4. The council minutes — A source about the past
Questions about What Survives About the Town
What does the What Survives About the Town worksheet cover?
It practices identifying kinds of historical source — 3 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on C3 Framework D2.His.9.K-2: Name different kinds of historical source. The instruction to students is “Sort each one into source or not”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which C3 Framework indicator does What Survives About the Town practice?
D2.His.9.K-2, under History for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published indicator reads: “Identify different kinds of historical sources.” The worksheet assesses that indicator rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
What Survives About the Town is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.His.9.K-2, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does What Survives About the Town 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 What Survives About the Town can I print?
25 — one per student, 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 What Survives About the Town free to print and photocopy?
Yes. What Survives About the Town, 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.His.9.K-2?
Yes — “What Survives About the Town” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D2.His.9.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. What Survives About the Town is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.His.9.K-2
Name different kinds of historical source.
Teaching this next? What Survives About the Town is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.