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What changed, and what stayed the same?
HIS-1 Time has lengthHIS-3 Things happen for many reasonsX-2 Evidence outweighs opinion
What many people think
The past was one unchanging ‘before’, and modern times changed everything at once.
The idea
Different parts of life change at different speeds: how fast people could travel or how they lit their homes changed within a few generations, while staple foods, languages and family customs often lasted for centuries.
Explain it
A friend says: “In the old days nothing changed, then modern times changed everything.” Use two rows from the board — one that changed fast and one that hardly changed — to answer them.
Try at home
Ask an older relative to compare their childhood with today for: travel, lighting, the main food, how news arrives, a family festival. Which changed a lot, and which stayed the same?