Long Ago or 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 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.
Long Ago or Now?
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Sort each one into long ago or now.
1.Sort each one: Long ago or Now?
Sort: Lighting a room with a switch, Water from a tap, Washing clothes by hand in a tub, Writing on a small black board
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2.Sort each one: Long ago or Now?
Sort: Travelling by horse and cart, Travelling by bus, Washing clothes in a machine, Carrying water from a well
Long agoNow
3.Sort each one: Long ago or Now?
Sort: Lighting a room with candles, Writing in an exercise book, Sending a message by letter only, Sending a message on a screen
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LessonPrint · D2.His.2.K-2 · Set 15 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Long Ago or Now?
Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Lighting a room with a switch — Now 2. Washing clothes by hand in a tub — Long ago 3. Water from a tap — Now 4. Writing on a small black board — Long ago
2.1. Carrying water from a well — Long ago 2. Travelling by bus — Now 3. Travelling by horse and cart — Long ago 4. Washing clothes in a machine — Now
3.1. Lighting a room with candles — Long ago 2. Sending a message by letter only — Long ago 3. Sending a message on a screen — Now 4. Writing in an exercise book — Now
More practice for D2.His.2.K-2
Compare how people lived in the past with how we live now.
Teaching this next? Long Ago and Now is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.