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Four Million Homes, and After is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on effects of catastrophic events on settlement, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.9.3-5. It prints 8 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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Four Million Homes, and After

D2.Geo.9.3-5

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Circle the best answer.

1.Which record would show a shortage's effect on a city?
  • A.The trade agreement
  • B.The council report's completions and waiting list
  • C.The letters page
2.Materials run short nationally. Who feels it first?
  • A.The districts lowest in the allocation, whatever their need
  • B.The government
  • C.The suppliers
3.A flood makes a river valley unsafe to rebuild on. What follows?
  • A.The river is moved
  • B.The valley is filled
  • C.Rebuilding is directed to higher ground and the valley is left clear
4.Why is a slow shortage harder to see than a bombing raid?
  • A.It has no single day and shows only in figures over time
  • B.It is smaller
  • C.It affects nobody
5.Bombing destroys four million homes. What follows for settlement?
  • A.Nothing changes
  • B.Families crowd in with relatives while a rebuilding programme begins
  • C.Everybody emigrates
6.Who leaves a damaged district and who stays?
  • A.Only the old stay
  • B.Those with work or family elsewhere leave; those without stay
  • C.Nobody leaves
7.Why does a disaster reshape a city permanently?
  • A.Rubble cannot be cleared
  • B.Streets cannot be redrawn
  • C.What is rebuilt is decided afresh rather than restored exactly
8.A brickworks closes. What follows for the sites depending on it?
  • A.Homes are built of timber automatically
  • B.Sites close for good
  • C.Building is delayed until bricks can be brought from elsewhere

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Answer key — Four Million Homes, and After

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The council report's completions and waiting list
  2. 2.The districts lowest in the allocation, whatever their need
  3. 3.Rebuilding is directed to higher ground and the valley is left clear
  4. 4.It has no single day and shows only in figures over time
  5. 5.Families crowd in with relatives while a rebuilding programme begins
  6. 6.Those with work or family elsewhere leave; those without stay
  7. 7.What is rebuilt is decided afresh rather than restored exactly
  8. 8.Building is delayed until bricks can be brought from elsewhere

Questions about Four Million Homes, and After

What does the Four Million Homes, and After worksheet cover?

It practises effects of catastrophic events on settlement — 8 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on Common Core D2.Geo.9.3-5: Work out how a disaster changes where people live and where they move. The instruction to pupils is “Circle the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Four Million Homes, and After practise?

D2.Geo.9.3-5 — D2.Geo.9.3-5, in the Geography domain for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Analyze the effects of catastrophic environmental and technological events on human settlements and migration.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Four Million Homes, and After is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.Geo.9.3-5, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Four Million Homes, and After come with an answer key?

Yes. All 8 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of Four Million Homes, and After can I print?

25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.

Is Four Million Homes, and After free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Four Million Homes, and After, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

Is there a lesson plan to teach D2.Geo.9.3-5?

Yes — “Four Million Homes, and After” is a 55-minute Grade 3 to Grade 5 plan for D2.Geo.9.3-5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Four Million Homes, and After is the practice that follows it.

More practice for D2.Geo.9.3-5

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.9.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.