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1st grade · Social Studies · Unit 8 of 9

School & Travel Long Ago

Then and now

What your child practices

How schools and communities worked in the past, and how people traveled by wagon, stagecoach, sailing ship and steam train before cars and airplanes.

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: 1.SP1.2; 1.G3.2 · how daily life in communities has changed, comparing places past and present

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Long ago, there were no cars or fridges.
  2. People traveled in wagons and on sailing ships.
  3. Grandparents can tell us about long ago.

Example: Long ago, how did people cross oceans? There were no planes. Wind pushed big ships. Answer: on sailing ships

School & Travel Long Ago in Arizona

In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 8 of 9 in 1st grade Social Studies, after Earning, Saving & Sharing and before Symbols, Holidays & Voting.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Arizona Department of Education

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which school item is from long ago?

    • a school bell rung by hand
    • a smartboard
    • a laptop
    • an e-reader

  2. Question 2

    Long ago, people traveled across land in…

    • electric buses
    • wagons pulled by horses
    • jets
    • cars

  3. Question 3

    Long ago, many people made their own…

    • phones
    • cars
    • TVs
    • clothes

  4. Question 4

    What is the same about school long ago and today?

    • There is one room
    • Kids use slates
    • Children learn to read
    • There are no books

  5. Question 5

    Which came first?

    • the electric car
    • the airplane
    • the car
    • the horse and wagon

  6. Question 6

    Some old schools had a wood stove. It was used to…

    • cook dinner
    • wash clothes
    • keep the room warm
    • play music

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