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Work Changes as Connections Change is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how economic activity shifts with connections, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.11.3-5. 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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Work Changes as Connections Change

D2.Geo.11.3-5

NameDate

Number the stages from 1 to 4.

1.Put the change in the corn trade in order.
  • Trains carry it faster and further
  • Barges carry corn to distant towns
  • Corn is ground at the village mill
  • Cheap imported corn undercuts the valley
2.Put the change in the milk trade in order.
  • Milk is sold within walking distance only
  • Farms shift towards dairying for the town
  • The railway opens and the journey takes an hour
  • Farmers send churns on the morning train

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Answer key — Work Changes as Connections Change

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

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

More practice for D2.Geo.11.3-5

Describe how the work done in a place changes as it connects to other places.

Teaching this next? Work Changes When Connections Change is the 45-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.11.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.