Oak Street Then and Now is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on comparing past and present, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.His.2.K-2. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 15 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Oak Street Then and Now
D2.His.2.K-2
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Sort each one into then or now.
1.Sort each one: Fifty years ago or Now?
Sort: A baker on the corner, One bus a day, Oranges from Spain in the store, A parking lot where the playground is
Fifty years agoNow
2.Sort each one: Fifty years ago or Now?
Sort: A horse and cart delivering milk, Three colored bins, Coal fires in every house, A playground with swings
Fifty years agoNow
3.Sort each one: Fifty years ago or Now?
Sort: Walking half an hour for bread, No stores at all on Oak Street, A library open six days, Five buses a day
Fifty years agoNow
LessonPrint · D2.His.2.K-2 · Set 15 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Oak Street Then and Now
Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A baker on the corner — Now 2. A parking lot where the playground is — Fifty years ago 3. One bus a day — Fifty years ago 4. Oranges from Spain in the store — Now
2.1. A horse and cart delivering milk — Fifty years ago 2. A playground with swings — Now 3. Coal fires in every house — Fifty years ago 4. Three colored bins — Now
3.1. A library open six days — Now 2. Five buses a day — Now 3. No stores at all on Oak Street — Fifty years ago 4. Walking half an hour for bread — Fifty years ago
More practice for D2.His.2.K-2
Compare how people lived in the past with how we live now.
Teaching this next? Oak Street Then and Now is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.