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

LessonPrint · D2.Geo.5.K-2 · Set 6 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — People Change a Place

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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.