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Past, Present, and Community Change Practice

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Past, Present, and Community Change Practice
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  • Circle or mark the best answer for each multiple-choice question.
  • Use the larger space to show your thinking on word problems.
1. The time before now is the __.
2. Which word means now?
3. A line showing events in order is a __.
4. Which can show what a place looked like long ago?
5. Communities can change over __.
6. Why do students compare the past and present?
7. Which sentence is true?
8. The present is what is happening __.
📋 Teacher Answer Key
1. past
2. present
3. timeline
4. old photo
5. time
6. to notice what changed and stayed the same
7. Some things change and some stay the same.
8. now

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