Past and present

What does the word past mean?

• Things that are happening now

• Things that will happen in the future

• Things that already happened or happened long ago.

What does the word present mean?

• Things that already happened or happened long ago.

• Things that are happening now or today.

• Things that will happen in the future

Which picture shows a car from the past?

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Before cars, how did people get from place to place?

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What is one thing that is different about children from the past compared to children from today?

• They rode bikes

• They went to school

• They had toys

• They had to have jobs that paid them to earn money for their family

What is this object from the past?

• Radio

• Telephone

• TV

• Camera

What is one thing that was different about school in the past compared to school today?

• Kids from long ago had Ipads in school.

• There were many students in one big class

• They sat at desks

• They had to go to school to learn

What is one thing that is different about clothes from the past compared to clothes today?

• Girls from the past only wore dresses and skirts.

• They wore jackets in the past.

• Boys often wore ties or bow ties as part of their every day outfit.

• They wore shoes in the past and we don't wear shoes today.

How have telephones improved from the past to the present?

• Phones from the past were smaller.

• Today can call someone faster and easier than phones from the past.

• Phones from the past had facetime.

How have TV's improved from the past to the present?

• TV's long ago had large screens and TV's today have small screens.

• TV's long ago were only in black and white, and TV's today are in color.

• TV's from long ago had a clear picture and TV's from today have a blurry picture.