Worksheet
Maple Ridge: Then and Now
Compare daily life, schools, transportation, and technology in Maple Ridge long ago and today.
Grade 1Social StudiesInteractive · Printable
Aligned toHIS.1.2
What’s included
- Single worksheet
- Auto-graded online
- 1 C3 Framework standard
- Printable answer key
- 14 questions
- Classroom-ready
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 compare daily life in a town long ago and today.
- Students compare schools, transportation, and technology in the past and present.
How to use
Read the passage aloud, then have students use details from the reading to compare Maple Ridge long ago and today.
Curriculum
C3 Framework standard covered
Compare daily life, schools, transportation and technology in the past and present.
Preview
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Maple Ridge: Then and Now
Compare life long ago with life today.

Read about Maple Ridge
Listen as your teacher reads. Then answer the questions.
Maple Ridge: Then and Now
Maple Ridge is a town in the hills. Long ago, children went to a one-room schoolhouse. They wrote on small slates and shared a few books. Many people traveled in horse-drawn wagons. At home, families carried water from a pump and used a wood stove to cook. After dark, an oil lamp gave light.
Today, children in Maple Ridge go to a larger school. Each child has books and can use a computer for some lessons. School buses carry children on paved roads. Homes have water pipes and electric lights. People often use cars to travel. Both then and now, children learn, families work, and neighbors help one another.
- A. Long ago, children used computers, and today they use slates.
- B. School tools and school places stayed the same.
- C. Long ago, children wrote on slates; today, some lessons use computers.
- D. Long ago, children did not go to school; today, they learn at home.
- School long ago
- Transportation today
- Home life long ago
- Technology today
- A. A computer for some lessons
- B. A pump and a wood stove
- C. A one-room schoolhouse
- D. School buses on paved roads
Long ago, children wrote on small .
- A. Ride a school bus on paved roads.
- B. Ride a horse-drawn wagon to the larger school.
- C. Carry water from a pump before riding to school.
- D. Use an oil lamp to see on the school bus.
Many people traveled in horse-drawn wagons.Children in Maple Ridge go to a larger school.Homes have water pipes and electric lights.Neighbors help one another.
Compare then and now
Sort and choose details from the reading.
| Long ago | Today |
|---|---|
- A. Children use computers for lessons.
- B. People travel in cars to get around.
- C. Families get water from pipes.
- D. Children learn and neighbors help one another.
- A. Pipes were used to travel to school, while pumps were used in class.
- B. Water had to be carried from a pump, while pipes brought it into a home.
- C. Families used pumps after dark, while pipes worked in the day.
- D. Water pipes carried people, while pumps carried wagons.
Many people traveled in horse-drawn wagons.School buses carry children on paved roads.Families work.Neighbors help one another.
| Long ago | Today | Both times |
|---|---|---|
Use what you learned
Use the details in the reading to answer the last questions.
- A. A computer and an oil lamp
- B. A school bus and water pipes
- C. An oil lamp and a horse-drawn wagon
- D. Electric lights and a paved road
- A. Long ago, homes used electric lights, and today they use oil lamps.
- B. Long ago and today, homes use the same kind of light.
- C. Computers gave light long ago, and oil lamps give light today.
- D. Oil lamps gave light long ago, and electric lights are in homes today.
- A. They are clues about school or home life long ago.
- B. They show that students today do not use books.
- C. They prove that people long ago traveled in cars.
- D. They show that homes had water pipes long ago.
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