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