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 18 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?
D2.His.2.K-2
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Sort each one into long ago or now.
1.Sort each one: Long ago or Now?
Sort: Carrying water from a well, Travelling by bus, Sending a message on a screen, Washing clothes by hand in a tub
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2.Sort each one: Long ago or Now?
Sort: Water from a tap, Travelling by horse and cart, Lighting a room with candles, Washing clothes in a machine
Long agoNow
3.Sort each one: Long ago or Now?
Sort: Sending a message by letter only, Writing on a small black board, Writing in an exercise book, Lighting a room with a switch
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LessonPrint · D2.His.2.K-2 · Set 18 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Long Ago or Now?
Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Carrying water from a well — Long ago 2. Sending a message on a screen — Now 3. Travelling by bus — Now 4. Washing clothes by hand in a tub — Long ago
2.1. Lighting a room with candles — Long ago 2. Travelling by horse and cart — Long ago 3. Washing clothes in a machine — Now 4. Water from a tap — Now
3.1. Lighting a room with a switch — Now 2. Sending a message by letter only — Long ago 3. Writing in an exercise book — Now 4. Writing on a small black board — Long ago
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.