Grade 1 Fall History — Then and Now, Family Histories, and How We Know What Happened
History · CUL G1 (CA HSS 1.4.1-1.4.3; KS1 Aim 1) hist.g1.f.cul.then_and_now_compare

Compare then and now across five domains: school, home, transportation, communication, technology

Use paired photographs and artifacts to compare life today and life ~100 years ago across five domains. Name 2-3 things that have CHANGED and 1-2 things that have STAYED THE SAME in each domain.

Mastery threshold
80%
Min instances
8
Typical minutes
30
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30
Prereqs
Successors
Common misconceptions
  • Believing 'then' was worse and 'now' is better (or vice versa — a value judgment instead of a description)
  • Believing nothing has stayed the same (love, family, food traditions, helping each other are constants)
  • Confusing 'old' with 'broken' (an old rotary phone WORKED — it just worked differently)

Exercise pool (5)

Diff Stem Type
1 I show you 2 photos. Tell me which is THEN and which is NOW. Place them on the T-Chart. place then now pair
2 Add 2 sticky-note observations to the MG-3 T-Chart: ONE in the THEN column, ONE in the NOW column. Both must be specific. tchart observations
3 Match each artifact to its DOMAIN: rotary phone, slate, butter churn, horse-buggy photo, kerosene lamp. Domains: COMMUNICATION, SCHOOL,... domain match artifact
4 Pick 1 domain (SCHOOL, HOME, TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION, or TECHNOLOGY). Name 2 things that CHANGED and 1 thing that STAYED THE SAME. change and constancy
5 Predict: what artifact from TODAY will be in a museum 100 years from now (in 2126)? What will be 'then' from a 2126 kid's view? predict 2120 then now