Past and Present Teaching Resources
A collection of teaching presentations, worksheets, activities, games, lessons and inquiry tasks to use in the classroom when comparing the past with the present.
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Continuity and Change Worksheets
A set of four worksheets to use when exploring continuity and change.
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Discovering the Past Worksheet
A worksheet to use when discussing how to discover information about the past.
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Past and Present - Title Poster
A poster to display in your classroom when learning about the past and present.
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Past and Present - Cut-out Decorations
A set of cut-out decorations to display in your classroom when learning about the past and present.
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Past, Present and Future Poster
A poster with definitions of the past, present and future.
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A Comparison of Daily Life - Assessment Task
An open-ended assessment task for students to demonstrate their understanding of how toys, modes of transport and communication devices and their uses have changed over time.
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Past and Present Teaching Resource Pack
A teaching resource pack of cut-out decorations, posters, games, PowerPoint presentations and worksheets about the past and present.
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Daily Life - Then and Now Unit Plan
This History unit covers a range of concepts relating to how daily life of the present is different from the past and how it could change in the future.
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Communicating Through Time
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explain how communication devices have changed over time.
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Family Life - Then and Now
A 60 minute lesson in which students will compare daily family life from the past with the present.
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Let's Communicate!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explain how we communicate with others.
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Toys From Today
A 60 minute lesson in which students will describe the features of a present day toy.
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A Comparison of Daily Life - Assessment Task
An inquiry-based assessment task in which students will demonstrate how their world is different from the past and how it might change in the future.
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Transport - Then and Now
A 60 minute lesson in which students will compare past and present transport and describe how it has changed over time.
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A Life with Transport
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify different types of modern transport and how they are used.
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Toys From the Past
A 60 minute lesson in which students will compare toys from the past with the present.
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Identifying and Classifying Toys
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify an everyday object as a toy and describe how it is used in daily life.