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One Place, Four Stages is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how a place changes over time, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.5.3-5. It prints 2 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.

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One Place, Four Stages

D2.Geo.5.3-5

NameDate

Number the stages from 1 to 4.

1.Put the valley's changes in order.
  • The canal is cut and a wharf is built
  • The railway opens and the station is built
  • Farms and lanes, goods moved by cart
  • Streets and yards grow around the station
2.Put the changes in travel in order.
  • The journey to town takes most of a day
  • The railway opens in 1846
  • Villagers go to town and back the same day
  • The journey takes one hour

LessonPrint · D2.Geo.5.3-5 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — One Place, Four Stages

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Correct order: 3, 1, 2, 4
  2. 2.Correct order: 1, 2, 4, 3

More practice for D2.Geo.5.3-5

Explain how a place changes over time, in its land and its culture.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.5.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.