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Then and Now Social Studies Activities Unit History lesson K-3
These Then and Now history activities will help your students compare life in the past with today in their social studies lessons. This huge history resource includes a range of hands-on activities, including printables, a diorama, real photographs, website links, and information sheets suitable for K-3 students.
 
In addition, this product is a handy addition to your Changes in Technology unit or study.
 
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"Engaging end of year activity. It also covered the TEKs very well"
 
"An extremely fun resource for my students! They were asking all kinds of fun questions after seeing the old visuals!"
 
"I love anything that is hands-on and able to color, cut and paste into our notebooks. This way if my students need to go back, they can always return to their notebooks for the information!"
 
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Topics covered in this pack are:
  • Stoves
  • Classroom
  • Music Players
  • Telephones
  • Lighting
  • Transport
  • Washing Dishes
  • Writing Tools
 
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This easy-to-use packet includes:
  • Instructions and lesson plan ideas
  • 5 Ws for history research flashcards
  • Reading Text and Comprehension Question Sheets for each topic
  • Research Activity Sheets with QR codes linked to videos for each topic
  • Clipart flashcards for each topic for your wall display (in colour & black and white)
  • Sorting images for each topic
  • Real photographs of each topic then and now
  • Venn Diagram
  • Timeline Cut and Paste Activity (with boxes or blank) with answer sheet
  • Then and Now Simple Cut and Paste Activity with answer sheet
  • Simple research sheets with the 5 Ws for younger students
  • Small flashcards for your wall or to bind and help students write with
  • Colouring pages
  • Interview a family member sheets
  • Interactive FlipBook
  • Diorama of life in the past.

Then and Now Social Studies Activities

SKU: TNA
$6.50Price

  • File Info

    PDF (87 pages)

  • ACARA Alignment

    Year 1 HASS

    • how places change and how they can be cared for by different groups including First Nations Australians (AC9HS1K04)
    • continuity and change between aspects of their daily lives and their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods (AC9HS1K02)

    Year 2 HASS

    • how technological developments changed people’s lives at home, and in the ways they worked, travelled and communicated (AC9HS2K02)

    Year 3 HASS

    • causes and effects of changes to the local community, and how people who may be from diverse backgrounds have contributed to these changes (AC9HS3K01)
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