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