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 25 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: One bus a day, Oranges from Spain in the store, Walking half an hour for bread, Three colored bins
Fifty years agoNow
2.Sort each one: Fifty years ago or Now?
Sort: A baker on the corner, Five buses a day, No stores at all on Oak Street, A parking lot where the playground is
Fifty years agoNow
3.Sort each one: Fifty years ago or Now?
Sort: A library open six days, A playground with swings, Coal fires in every house, A horse and cart delivering milk
Fifty years agoNow
LessonPrint · D2.His.2.K-2 · Set 25 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Oak Street Then and Now
Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. One bus a day — Fifty years ago 2. Oranges from Spain in the store — Now 3. Three colored bins — Now 4. Walking half an hour for bread — Fifty years ago
2.1. A baker on the corner — Now 2. A parking lot where the playground is — Fifty years ago 3. Five buses a day — Now 4. No stores at all on Oak Street — Fifty years ago
3.1. A horse and cart delivering milk — Fifty years ago 2. A library open six days — Now 3. A playground with swings — Now 4. Coal fires in every house — 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.