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100


Now, most cars are built with automatic transmissions and electric options. 

Then,in the early 1900s, this was the standard vehicle before mass production of automobiles.

What is a horse-drawn carriage?

100

Now, people often send instant messages using mobile apps, like WhatsApp or iMessage. 

Then (In the 1800s) people sent urgent messages using this device that transmitted Morse code.

What is a telegraph?

100

 Now, many people store perishable food in a refrigerator, often with a freezer on top or bottom.

Before refrigerators, people stored food in this type of cool, underground space.

What is a root cellar?

100

THEN: This was the go-to device for playing your favorite cassette tapes on the go.
NOW: Smartphones and this popular app stream millions of songs instantly.

Spotify

100

Now, students often laptops or tablets to take notes, do research, and submit assignments.
In the early 1900s, students used these small, reusable writing surfaces before paper became widely affordable.

What are slates?

200
"Now" people can fly in airplanes across the United States. "Then" people traveled on ... (Hint: Not a car!)
"Then people traveled on trains to travel across the United States.
200
"Then" people would use letters to communicate long distance. "Now" people write...
"Now" people write emails to communicate long distance!
200
"Then" people used wood burning stoves. "Now" people use..
"Now" people use gas or electric stoves!
200

NOW: Tweet is a concise form of modern communication rarely exceeds 280 characters.Then, how did people communicate in ancient times?

 Lengthy letters with ink and quill.

200

Now, school attendance is enforced by compulsory education laws, which requires children to attend school up to a certain age.                                  Then, many children in rural areas had to leave school early to help with this type of work.hen

What is farm work?

300

"Now" when people move to a new home they load their things into a moving truck. "Then" people loaded their things onto a...

"Then" people moved their things in a covered wagon!

300

What is a scribe?

A scribe is someone whose job was to rewrite books by hand.

300
"Now" people light out kitchens using electric light bulbs. "Then" people would light their kitchens using..
"Then" people would light their kitchens using oil lamps!
300

THEN: A "computer" referred to this type of person in the 1940s, before machines took over the job.
NOW: Computers are omnipresent machines, but originally the word meant this.

What is a person who performs calculations?

300

Modern schools typically group students by age to structure grade levels.
Before the 20th century, schools were often organised this way, with one teacher instructing all ages in a single room.

What is a one-room schoolhouse?

400
"Then" people used ships to cross the ocean. "Now" people cross the ocean on...
"Now" people cross the ocean on a cruise ship!
400
"Now" people use cell phones to talk to people while driving in a car. "Then" people used...
"Then" people used car phones to talk to people while driving a car!
400
Please describe how to use a washboard (Hint: this is not another name for washing machine!)
A washboard was a rigid metal sheet placed into a soapy tub. A person would rub their dirty clothes along the rigid metal sheet to get the dirt out.
400

THEN: This verb once meant “to rise” or “to emerge” in Old English.
NOW: It commonly means to “get out of bed” or to “begin the day.”

What is "arise"?

400

Now, schools use Individualised Education Program plans to support students with learning disabilities, known by the acronym IEP.

Then,this type of punishment was once common in schools, often involving a ruler or paddle.

What is corporal punishment?

500

Now, Planes are now capable of flying non-stop across the globe, with luxury cabins.

The first human flight, the Wright brothers' 1903 flight, took place in a plane that was this long.

What is a biplane and a commercial jet?

500
Create your own example (one not already used!) of a home used "then" and related transportation used "Now"
Example: "Then" people would use a dish towel to clean up a messy counter. "Now" people use paper towels to clean up a messy counter.
500
Create your own example (one not already used!) of a home used "then" and related Communication used "Now".
Example: "Then" people would pass notes. "Now" people text notes to each other.
500

Now, Blog is a digital space for sharing thoughts, sometimes short for "weblog." What was it 'then'?

It was used to describe a printing surface or typeface.

500

As of the 21st century, women make up approximately 75%  of the U.S. teaching workforce.

In the 19th century, women were often only expected to teach until this major life event.

What is marriage?

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