WRITING PROMPT How was life different in the past? Compare your own life to life in a past decade. Then write a paragraph with the information. Share your paragraph with an adult relative or teacher.
Prewrite
When you prewrite, you gather ideas and choose your topic. You also make a plan for what you will write. Follow these steps.
1 COLLECT IDEAS
Pick a time in history to study. Use information sources to learn about the past. Work with your teacher or a librarian to find and use information sources.
2 COLLECT FACTS
Make a chart. Collect facts about the past in the first column of your chart. Collect pictures or make drawings to show life in history.
3 MAKE A PLAN
For each fact about the decade, write how it is the same as or different from today.
Comparison Chart
1940s Today People needed special stamps to buy things. We can just use money. Lots of people had gardens for food. Some people grow gardens for food. People collected old paper and aluminum. We recycle paper and aluminum. People ate powdered eggs and potatoes. We eat some powdered food, but not eggs.