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Social Studies, History
1st
grade
History - Schools in the Past and Present
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Where would you see a slate?
In the kitchen
A school in the present
A school in the past
- 2. Multiple Choice
In the past, what 3 things would your teacher check to make sure they were clean?
Hair, nails and teeth
Toes, bags and eyebrows
The teacher didn't check for cleanliness
- 3. Multiple Choice
What were 'nib's' used for in the past?
To play games with your friends
To dip into ink wells to write with
They were drinks
- 4. Multiple Choice
Were there iPads in the 19th century
Yes
Yes but only for the teacher
There was no technology in the 19th century
- 5. Multiple Choice
In the past, students sat in rows by themselves. How do we sit at school in the present?
We sit in rows and by ourselves too.
We sit in table groups. We often work together
- 6. Multiple Choice
In the past, not everyone had the chance to finish school in their teenage years. Most children left school at what age?
12
9
15
- 7. Multiple Choice
In the video where the young girl interviews the older man, what important job did he have every day at school?
He was the bell boy. There were no automatic bells in the past. Just an old fashioned bell on a tower with a rope
He was the bus driver
He didn't have any special jobs.
- 8. Draw
Draw a picture of desk from the past.
Background image - 9. Open Ended
Would you rather go to school in the past or in the present and why?
- 10. Multiple Choice
Would we use this item in the past or in the present?
The past
The present
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