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How They Saw It, How We Do is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on comparing perspectives past and present, aligned to Common Core standard D2.His.4.K-2. 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.

Set 6 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

How They Saw It, How We Do

D2.His.4.K-2

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Draw a line from each one to what it means.

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Answer key — How They Saw It, How We Do

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Now news of the street travels — C (By poster and by screen in minutes) 2. Fifty years ago fruit in winter meant — B (Whatever had been stored since autumn) 3. Fifty years ago news of the street travelled — A (By word of mouth and a printed newspaper) 4. Fifty years ago rubbish meant — D (One bin for everything)
  2. 2.1. Now fruit in winter means — A (Oranges and bananas brought from warm countries) 2. Now rubbish means — C (Three bins sorted by what is in them) 3. Fifty years ago a trip for bread meant — D (An hour of walking there and back) 4. Now a trip for bread means — B (A few minutes to the corner shop)

More practice for D2.His.4.K-2

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.4.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.