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A Diary Page from 1895

A diary entry helps kindergarten students compare toys, school, chores, clothing, and travel long ago and today.

KindergartenSocial StudiesInteractive · Printable

Aligned toHIS.K.2

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  • 1 C3 Framework standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 10 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Kindergarten
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 toys, school tools, chores, clothing, and travel long ago and today.
  • Students use details from a diary entry to describe one change between past and present.

How to use

Read the diary aloud and talk about each detail. Then help students compare the past and today before they answer.

Curriculum

C3 Framework standard covered

HIS.K.2

Compare how children lived long ago with today: toys, school, chores, clothing and travel.

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A Diary Page from 1895

Compare a child's life long ago with life today.

Read the diary

Listen as your teacher reads the diary. Then answer the questions.

A Diary Page from 1895

October 4, 1895. Dear Diary, Today I walked to my one-room schoolhouse. I wrote on a slate with chalk. At recess, my friends and I rolled wooden hoops. After school, I carried water and helped feed our horse. I wore a wool dress and boots. Our family traveled in a horse-drawn wagon. The diary ends here. Today, many children use paper and pencils at school, play with balls, help with different chores, wear many kinds of clothes, and travel by car or bus.

1.
What did the child use at school long ago?
  • A. Paper and pencils
  • B. A ball and a book
  • C. A slate and chalk
  • D. A car or bus
2.
Draw a line from each long-ago part of the diary to its example.
  1. Long-ago toy
  2. Long-ago school tool
  3. Long-ago way to travel
  1. A. A slate and chalk
  2. B. A horse-drawn wagon
  3. C. A wooden hoop
3.
Word bank: horse · wagon · bus

After school, the child helped feed the  .

4.
Circle the two details about long-ago life.

The child wore a wool dress and boots.The child carried water after school.Many children use paper and pencils today.Many children travel by car or bus today.

5.
Which pair shows how playthings changed in the diary?
  • A. Slate and chalk; paper and pencils
  • B. Wooden hoop; balls
  • C. Wool dress and boots; car or bus
  • D. Horse-drawn wagon; one-room schoolhouse

Compare long ago and today

Think about the diary. Sort, circle, and tell how life changed.

6.
Sort each example from the diary.
Rolled a wooden hoopUsed paper and pencils at schoolWore a wool dress and bootsTraveled by car or bus
Long ago (1895)Today
7.
What does the diary show about chores?
  • A. Children in both times helped with chores.
  • B. Children in both times used a slate and chalk.
  • C. Children long ago traveled by car or bus.
  • D. Children today traveled in a horse-drawn wagon.
8.
Circle the two details that show ways life changed.

Long ago, the child wrote on a slate; today, many use paper and pencils.Long ago, the family used a horse-drawn wagon; today, many use a car or bus.Children in both times went to school.Children in both times helped with chores.

9.
Which is the best summary of the diary?
  • A. Children used the same toys and school tools in both times.
  • B. Children long ago went to school, but they did not do chores.
  • C. Some things changed, while children in both times played and helped with chores.
  • D. Children today traveled and dressed just like the diary child did.
10.
Tell one way life was different long ago and today. Use one detail from the diary.

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