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