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

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Answer key — People Change a Place

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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.