Transportation
About 110 years ago, many families traveled by this animal instead of driving everywhere.
Horse
Instead of texting, families often stayed in touch by sending these through the mail.
Students wrote with pencils, but many assignments were also completed using these bottles of liquid.
Ink
Before refrigerators became common, families stored food in one of these insulated boxes filled with large blocks of ice.
Ice Box
About 110 years ago, this world war was taking place in Europe.
World War I
Before airplanes became common, people often traveled long distances across the country on this type of transportation.
Train
People in 1916 used this machine to type documents before computers existed.
Typewriter
Instead of calculators, students solved math problems using this skill.
Mental Math
Many homes were heated by burning this fossil fuel in a stove or furnace.
Coal
n 1916, many families got fresh milk from a nearby farm instead of buying it from this type of large store.
What is a supermarket
In 1916, not every family owned one of these, but today most families do.
Car
Before television, many families gathered around this device to hear news and entertainment.
Radio
Many rural schools had students from several grade levels all learning together in this kind of school.
One-Room Schoolhouse
Instead of buying many ready-made clothes, families often made them using this skill.
Sewing
Around 110 years ago, people often knew the latest news by reading this instead of looking online.
Newspaper
Today, many students ride this vehicle to school, but 110 years ago, many children walked or rode in horse-drawn wagons.
School bus
Today we use search engines to find information instantly. In 1916, students would most likely look in one of these large reference books.
Encyclopedia
Around 110 years ago, some children left school early to help with this kind of family work.
Many families grew these in backyard gardens so they would have fresh food to eat.
Vegetables/Fruits
Many children in 1916 had extra responsibilities after school, such as helping with this.
farm work or household chores
If someone wanted to travel from Ohio to California in 1916, it usually took several days. Today, traveling by this method can take less than one day.
Airplane
This invention, which connects billions of computers around the world, did not exist in 1916.
Internet
Teachers wrote lessons on chalkboards because this classroom technology had not yet been invented.
Smartboards or Whiteboards
Without televisions, tablets, or video games, families often spent evenings doing this together, such as playing music, reading aloud, or playing board games.
What is spending time together
Name three everyday things you use today that someone living in 1916 probably had never seen.
a smartphone, tablet, laptop, television, microwave, GPS, Wi-Fi, smartwatch, electric car, etc.