Then and Now

Can you tell the difference between the past and the present?
 Table of Contents
Then and Now
Introduction Page
Past and Present
Looking at Artifacts: WWII Poster
Photo History: Baseball Player
Then and Now Yo-Yo
Outdated Artifact
See, Hear, Feel, Think
Circle the Modern Objects
Old Letter to Santa
Family Album
What is a Timeline?
Visit a Historic Landmark
My Favorite Artifact
Start a Collection
Time Capsule For Kids

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Then & Now

Here are some words you will need

to know to read this book.

Change:

Time:

Culture: A group of people, as well as their customs and ways of life.

Tradition: An important belief or event that is done over and over again in a
culture or family.

Community:
from the same town, come from the same country, or even like the same
movies or music!

Historic: Important to history.

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 Can you tell the diference between the past and the present?

Circle the picture that shows the kind of place people buy food today.

Circle the picture that shows how people would get around in the past.

Circle the photo that shows the way people dressed in the 1920s.

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 Draw a picture of how you think people will look in the year 3000!

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 This poster was made
by the government
during World War II
to inspire women to
become nurses.

What does this poster want

people to do?

Why was it important to peo-

ple at the time?

Why is it asking for women

to help?

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Look at this photo
of a baseball player,
taken in 1887.
How many years ago was it taken? Use
a calculator or ask an adult if you need
help. (Hint: subtract the year it was taken
from the year it is today!)

How do you know this man plays

baseball?

What city does he play for?

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Just like letters and
photographs, objects
can tell you a lot about
a person’s life and the
time in which they lived.

Do you think this belonged to a kid or

a grown-up?

Do you think they played with it a lot?

How can you tell?

What other kinds of things do you

think the owner liked to do?

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Ask a parent or grandparent to ind an old or outdated
item. Draw a picture of it here.

What is it made of ?

How old do you think it is?

What do you think it is used for?

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 PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS
Write the name of the item and what you do with it here, then show it to your student!

Name of item:

How it’s used:

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See, Hear, Feel, hink

What I see
What do you see in this picture?

What I hear
What sounds do you imagine could be
heard when this picture was taken?

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See, Hear, Feel, hink
What I feel
How does this picture make you feel?

What I think
What year do you think this picture 1938 2012 1776
was taken?

Where do you think this picture was In a park At a concert hall

taken?
In someone’s house

What kind of music do you think they

are playing? Is it fast or slow? Can you
dance to it?

Do you think they are having a good

time? Why?

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he Victorian era lasted from the early 1800s to the beginning of the 1900s. People who lived at that time had
some of the items we use today, but not all of them! See if you can ind the modern objects in the parlor below.

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In 1992, a family in Ireland found a letter to Santa stuck in
the chimney of their house. The letter was written in 1911.
his is what the letter says:

I want a baby doll and a water

proof with a hood and a pair of
gloves and an apple and a gold
penny or a silver sixpence and a
long tofee.

Do you think the child who

wrote the letter is a boy or a girl?

Do you know what any of the

items the writer asks for are?
Which ones?

he writer asks for a “water A jacket A toy A kind of food

proof with a hood.” If the item
has a hood, what do you think
it is?

Would you ask Santa for any of 1.

these toys today? Write three
items you’d ask Santa for.
2.

3.

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We learn about history in many ways: through stories that are passed
down from our ancestors, through letters and written documents
that are left behind, and also through videos and photographs.

Look at the family pictures. Look

at the years they were taken, then
make up a story about the people
in them on the next sheet of paper.

1963 1974

1988 1947

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 Write a story!
1947:

1963:

1974:

1988:

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 WHAT IS A TIMELINE?
A timeline is a way to show how time passes.
This timeline shows what happened in one hour.

7:15 7:45
Brush teeth Eat breakfast

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AM

AM
7
Wake up!
7:20 8
Get dressed Catch the bus
Take a look at the inventions on the next page. Cut them out and put them in order on the timeline.
When you are done this timeline will show changes that happened over many years.

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Not all artifacts are objects!
Historic houses or places
can tell you a lot about the
past, too.

To learn more about history,

visit a National Historic
Landmark in your state.
Parents, you can ind a
complete list here:
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When you get there, ind a

docent or tour guide to help
you answer the questions he ghost town of Bodie, California
below.

What is the name of this place?

How old is it?

Why is this place important?

How did the event that hap-

pened here or the person that
lived here change peoples’ lives?

What are some things this

place can tell us about the past?

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Find something you think is special. This could be a favorite toy, a book or a picture.
Draw a picture of it here.

What is it?

Why do you like it so much?

What do you think people from

the future would think of it?

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 START A COLLECTION
Want to experience history as it happens? Start a collection of your very own! A collection is a
group of things that have something in common. Often times, items in a collection tell others
about the owner’s life.

•What sort of objects do you have that are related to it? For example, if you have a favorite movie,
you might have a DVD of it, pictures of your favorite actor, or a copy of the book it was based on.
If you play a sport, you might have equipment or a jersey with your favorite player’s number on it.

•Put them in a safe spot. Keep them away from dirt, dust, food or pets.

•Ask your parents or grandparents if they have anything that might it into your collection.

•Visit a thrift shop or antique store to see if they have anything that you could add.

What is your collection about?

Why is this topic special to you?

Why do you want to save the items in your collection?

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 Draw a picture of your collection here.

oll e c t ion is:

My c

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Time Capsule for Kids

We’ve all seen the movies where a group of kids digs up a mys-
terious box only to ind treasures from the past inside. Wouldn’t
your child love to tell future generations of kids what it was like
to live in your time? In the process, she will form a concrete un-
derstanding of what it means to set a purpose and consider the
audience—two common language arts goals that can seem some-
what vague to students. Ask your child to relect on the past year,
gather her cool stuf and create a time capsule. Don’t worry—she
won’t lose any of her valuable treasures in this activity. Instead,
she’ll gain some valuable writing tools!

What You Need:

Shoe box
Construction paper
Glue stick
Markers
Magazines

What You Do:

1. Explain the time capsule project to your child: kids will want to know what it was like to be
in school “back then”. Your child can send a message to these kids of the future by creating a time
capsule in which she describes all the things kids love to do!

2. he next step is to gather the items for the time capsule. Your child should make a list of
favorite activities, hobbies, sports, friends, school subjects, technology, etc. hen she should use
magazine clippings, photos or drawings that represent her favorite things. Glue each picture onto
construction paper and cut it out to make a border. Next to the picture, your child should write a
2-3 sentence description of the picture, what it represents and why it’s important to her.

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3. Remind your child that the purpose of her writing is to let future generations know what
today’s kids like to do. Even if she writes about unique activities that are important to her (for
example, playing the clarinet), encourage her to include activities and items that many kids enjoy.

4. Remember, of course: life may be very diferent for students a hundred years hence, and they
may have never seen any of the items in the time capsule. She should keep the audience in mind
and write detailed descriptions of the items. Encourage your child to include newspaper clippings
about current world, national and local events. Who was president of the United States this year?
What were the hottest baseball and football teams? What’s the latest technology for kids and for
adults? What two problems do people around your community worry about the most? What are
ive popular foods, and how much does it cost to buy them at a restaurant?

5. he inal step is to bury the time capsule! Help your child pick a spot in the yard or the garden
and “plant” her time capsule. Explain that in one hundred years, your backyard might be a park
and kids digging in the sandbox will be thrilled to discover a treasure from the past!

Note: If the ground is frozen where you live, keep the time capsule and bury it in the spring.

Drawing for the plans to bury a time capsule at the

1939 World’s Fair in New York. It was designed to
last 5000 years before being re-opened.

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