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Laundry Clues: Then and Now

Compare laundry long ago and today by using an artifact, an old photograph and a family story as clues.

Grade 1Social StudiesInteractive · Printable

Aligned toHIS.1.4

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 C3 Framework standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 15 questions
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Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
Social Studies
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use an artifact, an old photograph and a story to learn about life in the past.
  • Students compare how people washed clothes long ago with how people wash clothes today.

How to use

Read the passage aloud and discuss how each clue gives information about the past. Then have students complete the sorting and comparison questions.

Curriculum

C3 Framework standard covered

HIS.1.4

Use artifacts, old photographs and stories to learn how people lived in the past.

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Name Date

Laundry Clues: Then and Now

Use an artifact, an old photograph and a story to compare laundry days.

Read the clues

Listen as your teacher reads about Amir's history center visit. Then answer the questions.

Laundry Day, Then and Now

At the Oak Hollow History Center, Amir studies clues about laundry day. An artifact is an object people used. The display has a wooden washboard. Its ridges helped someone scrub cloth in a tub.

An old photograph shows two people beside a washtub outside a house. One rubs cloth on a board. Another holds a basket.

A family story says that, long ago, Rosa carried water to the tub. Her family washed clothes by hand and hung them on a line. Washing took time and teamwork.

Today, Amir's family turns on a faucet and uses an electric washer. They still wash clothes, but the machine does much of the scrubbing. Amir compares then and now.

1.
Which item is the artifact in the display?
  • A. The basket of clothes
  • B. The old photograph
  • C. The wooden washboard
  • D. The family story
2.
Match each clue to what it tells Amir.
  1. The washboard
  2. The old photograph
  3. The family story
  1. A. Rosa carried water to a tub
  2. B. An object with ridges helped scrub cloth
  3. C. Two people stood beside a washtub

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