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 15 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
What the Town Must Have
D2.Eco.1.K-2
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Sort each one into need or want.
1.Sort each one: Need or Want?
Sort: A safe bridge over the river, Raising the river wall, A fountain in the Market Square, Flower baskets on the lamp posts
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2.Sort each one: Need or Want?
Sort: A statue of a mill owner, Clean water in the reservoir, New banners for the bridge, Coal to heat the school
NeedWant
3.Sort each one: Need or Want?
Sort: Mending the library roof before winter, Painting the town hall gold, A brass band for the market, Repairing the flooded roads
NeedWant
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.K-2 · Set 15 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What the Town Must Have
Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A fountain in the Market Square — Want 2. A safe bridge over the river — Need 3. Flower baskets on the lamp posts — Want 4. Raising the river wall — Need
2.1. A statue of a mill owner — Want 2. Clean water in the reservoir — Need 3. Coal to heat the school — Need 4. New banners for the bridge — Want
3.1. A brass band for the market — Want 2. Mending the library roof before winter — Need 3. Painting the town hall gold — Want 4. Repairing the flooded roads — Need
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.