What the Town Must Have is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on scarcity and choosing, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.1.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: Coal to heat the school, Raising the river wall, Painting the town hall gold, A brass band for the market
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2.Sort each one: Need or Want?
Sort: Mending the library roof before winter, A statue of a mill owner, Repairing the flooded roads, New banners for the bridge
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3.Sort each one: Need or Want?
Sort: Flower baskets on the lamp posts, Clean water in the reservoir, A fountain in the Market Square, A safe bridge over the river
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LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What the Town Must Have
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A brass band for the market — Want 2. Coal to heat the school — Need 3. Painting the town hall gold — Want 4. Raising the river wall — Need
2.1. A statue of a mill owner — Want 2. Mending the library roof before winter — Need 3. New banners for the bridge — Want 4. Repairing the flooded roads — Need
3.1. A fountain in the Market Square — Want 2. A safe bridge over the river — Need 3. Clean water in the reservoir — Need 4. Flower baskets on the lamp posts — Want
Questions about What the Town Must Have
What does the What the Town Must Have worksheet cover?
It practises scarcity and choosing — 3 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D2.Eco.1.K-2: Explain that because there is never enough of everything, people have to choose. The instruction to pupils is “Sort each one into need or want”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does What the Town Must Have practise?
D2.Eco.1.K-2 — D2.Eco.1.K-2, in the Economics domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Explain how scarcity necessitates decision making.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
What the Town Must Have is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.1.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does What the Town Must Have 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 the Town Must Have 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 What the Town Must Have free to print and photocopy?
Yes. What the Town Must Have, 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.1.K-2?
Yes — “What the Town Must Have” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D2.Eco.1.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. What the Town Must Have is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.Eco.1.K-2
Explain that because there is never enough of everything, people have to choose.
Teaching this next? What the Town Must Have is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.