Grade 2 · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 6
Then & Now
Generations and change over time
What your child practises
Generations in a family, using photos, interviews and timelines, and how technology and traditions change from the past to the present.
New Brunswick Curriculum skill descriptor: Play and Playfulness: Exploration and Problem Solving · gathering evidence about how ways of life change over time
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Your family has made the same dish for many years. This is a…
- storm
- tradition
- mistake
tradition
Hint: A tradition lasts across generations.
Question 2
Which is a tool of the past?
- an oil lamp
- a light bulb in a phone
- a tablet
an oil lamp
Hint: Oil lamps were used long ago before electric lights.
Question 3
How can you learn what life was like when your grandparents were young?
- Guess only
- Ask a pet
- Ask them questions
Ask them questions
Hint: Interviews are a good way to learn about the past.
Question 4
Put the generations in order, from oldest to youngest.
- 🧑parent
- 👵great-grandparent
- 🧓grandparent
- 🧒child
great-grandparent → grandparent → parent → child
Hint: Great-grandparent, grandparent, parent, child.
Question 5
Which of these happened first?
- People wrote letters
- People sent emails
- People sent video messages
People wrote letters
Hint: Communication has changed over time.
Question 6
Long ago many clothes were made at home. Today many are…
- grown from seeds
- bought from stores
- made by the Moon
bought from stores
Hint: Ways of living change over time.