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Then and Now: How Life Has Changed

History · Historical Thinking · ages 5-7
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Mia's grandpa is alive today. Did the Great Fire of London in 1666 happen before or after he was born?

    • Before he was born
    • After he was born
    • On the day he was born

  2. Which kind of phone was used before smartphones were invented?

    • A smartphone with a screen
    • A telephone with a dial
    • Both kinds began at the same time

  3. A photo showing a horse and cart must have been taken long ago.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Which sentence tells what happened during the Great Fire of London?

    • Many homes and other buildings burned.
    • The fire left every building untouched.
    • People built smartphones during the fire.

  5. Leo compares a sound-only radio with a tablet that plays sound and videos. What is a difference?

    • The radio can show moving pictures.
    • Both objects can only play sounds.
    • The tablet can show pictures.

  6. For this task, 'then' means 1950 and 'now' means today. A photo of children playing a video game was taken today. Where does it belong?

    • Then: photo from 1950
    • Now: photo from today
    • Both dates on one photo

  7. You want to learn about Mia's grandpa's own school days. Which would help most?

    • His memories and his school photo
    • A drawing of the Great Fire of London
    • A photo of Mia's lunch taken today

  8. Two school photos both show desks. Only today's photo shows tablets. Ali says everything changed. Which clue checks his claim?

    • Tablets appear in both school photos.
    • Desks appear only in today's photo.
    • Desks appear in both school photos.
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Answer key

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  1. Before he was born · The Great Fire happened before anyone alive today was born, including Mia's grandpa.
  2. A telephone with a dial · Dial telephones were used before smartphones were invented. This compares phone designs, not the ages of particular phones.
  3. False · Horses and carts still exist. A photo of one could be old or recent, so the subject alone does not prove its date.
  4. Many homes and other buildings burned. · The Great Fire burned many homes and other buildings. Parts of the city were rebuilt later.
  5. The tablet can show pictures. · This radio plays sound but shows no pictures. The tablet can show pictures as well as play sound.
  6. Now: photo from today · The photo belongs in 'now' because it was taken today. Its date, not the video game alone, decides the group.
  7. His memories and his school photo · His memories and school photo concern his school days. The other sources concern different events or times.
  8. Desks appear in both school photos. · Desks appear in both photos, so not everything shown changed. The tablets are one difference.
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