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 5 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: New banners for the bridge, Repairing the flooded roads, Painting the town hall gold, Clean water in the reservoir
NeedWant
2.Sort each one: Need or Want?
Sort: A safe bridge over the river, A fountain in the Market Square, Coal to heat the school, Flower baskets on the lamp posts
NeedWant
3.Sort each one: Need or Want?
Sort: A brass band for the market, Mending the library roof before winter, A statue of a mill owner, Raising the river wall
NeedWant
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.K-2 · Set 5 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What the Town Must Have
Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Clean water in the reservoir — Need 2. New banners for the bridge — Want 3. Painting the town hall gold — Want 4. Repairing the flooded roads — Need
2.1. A fountain in the Market Square — Want 2. A safe bridge over the river — Need 3. Coal to heat the school — Need 4. Flower baskets on the lamp posts — Want
3.1. A brass band for the market — Want 2. A statue of a mill owner — Want 3. Mending the library roof before winter — Need 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.