Long Ago or 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 17 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: Traveling by bus, Writing in an exercise book, Writing on a small black board, Carrying water from a well
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2.Sort each one: Long ago or Now?
Sort: Lighting a room with candles, Water from a faucet, Sending a message on a screen, Washing clothes by hand in a tub
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3.Sort each one: Long ago or Now?
Sort: Sending a message by letter only, Washing clothes in a machine, Lighting a room with a switch, Traveling by horse and cart
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LessonPrint · D2.His.2.K-2 · Set 17 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Long Ago or Now?
Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Carrying water from a well — Long ago 2. Traveling by bus — Now 3. Writing in an exercise book — Now 4. Writing on a small black board — Long ago
2.1. Lighting a room with candles — Long ago 2. Sending a message on a screen — Now 3. Washing clothes by hand in a tub — Long ago 4. Water from a faucet — Now
3.1. Lighting a room with a switch — Now 2. Sending a message by letter only — Long ago 3. Traveling by horse and cart — Long ago 4. Washing clothes in a machine — 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.