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People Change a Place is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on how human activity changes places, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.5.K-2. 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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People Change a Place

D2.Geo.5.K-2

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1.People drop litter in a park. What changes?
  • A.The park becomes dirty
  • B.The park closes itself
  • C.The park grows
2.People plant trees along a road. What changes?
  • A.Nothing changes
  • B.The road disappears
  • C.The road becomes greener and shadier
3.People make a path across the grass. What changes?
  • A.The grass grows taller
  • B.The grass wears away where people walk
  • C.The path vanishes
4.People mend a broken wall. What changes?
  • A.The wall falls down
  • B.The wall moves
  • C.The wall stands up again
5.People put a bin in the playground. What changes?
  • A.There is somewhere to put litter
  • B.The playground shrinks
  • C.Nothing changes
6.People build a bridge over a river. What changes?
  • A.The river dries up
  • B.The bridge floats away
  • C.People can cross where they could not before
7.People build houses on a field. What changes?
  • A.Nothing changes
  • B.The field gets bigger
  • C.The field becomes a street of houses
8.People dig a pond in the school grounds. What changes?
  • A.Nothing changes
  • B.There is water where there was grass
  • C.The school moves

LessonPrint · D2.Geo.5.K-2 · Set 18 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — People Change a Place

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The park becomes dirty
  2. 2.The road becomes greener and shadier
  3. 3.The grass wears away where people walk
  4. 4.The wall stands up again
  5. 5.There is somewhere to put litter
  6. 6.People can cross where they could not before
  7. 7.The field becomes a street of houses
  8. 8.There is water where there was grass

More practice for D2.Geo.5.K-2

Describe how what people do changes a place.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.5.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.