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 24 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: Writing in an exercise book, Lighting a room with candles, Sending a message on a screen, Sending a message by letter only
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2.Sort each one: Long ago or Now?
Sort: Carrying water from a well, Washing clothes in a machine, Writing on a small black board, Travelling by bus
Long agoNow
3.Sort each one: Long ago or Now?
Sort: Washing clothes by hand in a tub, Water from a tap, Lighting a room with a switch, Travelling by horse and cart
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LessonPrint · D2.His.2.K-2 · Set 24 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Long Ago or Now?
Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. 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
2.1. Carrying water from a well — Long ago 2. Travelling by bus — Now 3. Washing clothes in a machine — Now 4. Writing on a small black board — Long ago
3.1. Lighting a room with a switch — Now 2. Travelling by horse and cart — Long ago 3. Washing clothes by hand in a tub — Long ago 4. Water from a tap — 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.