Week 1 History: Community life-past and present

TRUE OR FALSE. In the past, houses and clothing looked different than they do today.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Long ago, children went to school in a _______.

• building

• schoolhouse

• bus

• restaurant

Schoolhouses had ____ and ____ just like classrooms have today. (Choose two)

• desks

• blocks

• chairs

• cars

Long ago, many children traveled far to school.

• True
• False

Children of all ages used to learn together from one teacher in the same schoolhouse. Is that how children learn in traditional schools today?

• Yes

• No

Schools today close for special breaks or snow days. Long ago, schools closed so children could

• play at home

• learn at home

• work on the family farm

• sleep in

Today, children can ride in a car or a ____ to get to school.

• buggy

• tractor

• walk

• school bus

Type something that is the SAME now as it was in the past.

Type something that is DIFFERENT today than it was in the past.

There are similarities and differences between life in the past and present.

• True
• False