SOCIAL SCIENCE

Life in the Americas when Europeans first arrived was very different from life in the Americas today. Based on what you know from reading “When Cultures Meet,” compare your life today to what it would have been like if you had lived in the Americas 500 years ago.

• 1 List Elements to Compare Think about what you do each day. Make a list. This will give you ideas about what to compare.

  wake up

  make and eat breakfast

  go to school

  go to soccer practice

  eat dinner

  do homework

  go to bed

• 2 Compare and Contrast Make a Venn Diagram like the one below to compare how the items on your list would be similar or different 500 years ago.

  

  Venn Diagram

• 3 Share Your Comparison Share what you compared with a partner. Tell your partner about how your life would be similar and different.

• Today, I wake up at 7:00 in the morning, but 500 years ago, I would have woken up at sunrise.