Oak Street Then and Now is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on comparing past and present, aligned to Common Core standard 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 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 19 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
NameDate
Sort each one into then or now.
1.Sort each one: Fifty years ago or Now?
Sort: A library open six days, A car park where the playground is, Three coloured bins, Walking half an hour for bread
Fifty years agoNow
2.Sort each one: Fifty years ago or Now?
Sort: Coal fires in every house, Five buses a day, Oranges from Spain in the shop, One bus a day
Fifty years agoNow
3.Sort each one: Fifty years ago or Now?
Sort: A horse and cart delivering milk, A baker on the corner, A playground with swings, No shops at all on Oak Street
Fifty years agoNow
LessonPrint · D2.His.2.K-2 · Set 19 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Oak Street Then and Now
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A car park where the playground is — Fifty years ago 2. A library open six days — Now 3. Three coloured bins — Now 4. Walking half an hour for bread — Fifty years ago
2.1. Coal fires in every house — Fifty years ago 2. Five buses a day — Now 3. One bus a day — Fifty years ago 4. Oranges from Spain in the shop — Now
3.1. A baker on the corner — Now 2. A horse and cart delivering milk — Fifty years ago 3. A playground with swings — Now 4. No shops at all on Oak Street — 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.