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A Country Retooling Itself 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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A Country Retooling Itself

D2.Geo.11.3-5

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Number the stages from 1 to 4.

1.Put building methods in order.
  • Factories make prefabricated sections
  • Homes built brick by brick on site
  • Assembly on site replaces much of the trade
  • Skilled bricklayers run short
2.Put the national pattern of work in order.
  • War ends and factories must be converted
  • Industry turned to war production
  • Rebuilding draws labour into construction
  • Trained builders become the scarce resource

LessonPrint · D2.Geo.11.3-5 · Set 15 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — A Country Retooling Itself

Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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? A Country Retooling Itself is the 55-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.