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 20 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 statue of a mill owner, A brass band for the market, Clean water in the reservoir, Mending the library roof before winter
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2.Sort each one: Need or Want?
Sort: Coal to heat the school, Flower baskets on the lamp posts, Repairing the flooded roads, A fountain in the Market Square
NeedWant
3.Sort each one: Need or Want?
Sort: New banners for the bridge, Raising the river wall, Painting the town hall gold, A safe bridge over the river
NeedWant
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.K-2 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What the Town Must Have
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A brass band for the market — Want 2. A statue of a mill owner — Want 3. Clean water in the reservoir — Need 4. Mending the library roof before winter — Need
2.1. A fountain in the Market Square — Want 2. Coal to heat the school — Need 3. Flower baskets on the lamp posts — Want 4. Repairing the flooded roads — Need
3.1. A safe bridge over the river — Need 2. New banners for the bridge — Want 3. Painting the town hall gold — Want 4. Raising the river wall — 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.