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