School
Students wrote on these instead of paper or whiteboards
slates (or chalkboards).
How did people send messages to someone far away before phones and computers?
What animal helped pull wagons long ago?
Horses
What did children do to have fun before video games and tv?
Play board games, jacks, toys
If you wanted to learn about sharks today, where could you find information the fastest?
The internet
Most students learn in classrooms with one teacher per grade level instead of all grades together.
Then or Now?
Now! (Modern School)
What device do many people use today to call or text someone?
Cell phone
What invention helped people travel much farther in a single day?
Cars, trains, airplanes
How was food cooked before ovens, microwaves, and gas stoves?
Wood burning hearth or stove
After horses, what invention helped farmers plow their fields?
Tractors
What did a "then" school look like?
- 1 room schoolhouse
- many grades in one room
If you wanted to tell your grandma something in another state 150 years ago, what would you probably send?
A letter
Name one way people traveled long ago.
Horse, wagon, boat, by foot
How were clothes washed before?
By hand/ with a washing board
What invention lets doctors see your bones without opening your body?
Boys and girls sometimes learned different subjects.
Boys often learned math, reading, arithmetic, government (much more like today).
Girls often learned sewing, cooking, childcare, and religion.
What do we call a message sent through a computer?
A family is traveling from California to New York. Which would have changed their trip the most: the invention of the airplane or the invention of the car?
The invention of the airplane. It's much faster than a car.
What is the main ingrediant in butter?
Heavy cream
True or False?
Doctors have always had a computer to keep track of records.
False!
Computers have helped doctors keep their records in one place. Before, all of their records were on paper.
Name one thing students today use that students long ago did not.
(answers may vary)
Computers, tablets, whiteboards, pencil and paper, many books
It could take days or weeks for a message to arrive before.
True!
They were delivered by mail which took longer.
The first automobile was invented in 1886. Was that before or after electricity was commonly used in homes?
Before most homes had electricity
What is different about clothing then vs now?
Clothing then was made at home by hand (sewing).
Clothing now is usually made in a factory and bought at a store.
What is one thing that has changed from long ago to today, and one thing that has stayed the same?
Answers may vary