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Seaside Then and Now

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Seaside Then and Now

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📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice and Sorting

1. Which word means 'now'?

Past

Present

Old

Timeline

2. Which picture would show a Victorian seaside holiday? (Choose one)

People wearing long dresses and bathing machines

Colourful paddle boards and modern swimming costumes

A smartphone shop on the promenade

3. Which was a common seaside activity in the past?

Using a bathing machine to go into the water

Playing in a seaside arcade with video games

Riding a modern electric hoverboard

4. Check all that apply: Which things might you see at a modern seaside?

Colourful deckchairs and parasols

Paddle boards and modern lifeguard towers

Horse-drawn carriages on the beach

Traditional black‑and‑white photographs

✏️ Part 2: Short Answers, Drawings and Vocabulary

Success criteria

I can use the words then, now, old and new when I talk about seaside holidays.

I can spot at least three ways seaside holidays were different in the past.

I can draw or write about a seaside activity using historical words.

Differentiation strategies

EAL / SEND: Use the vocabulary mat, picture prompts and sentence starters: "In the past, people ______." / "Now people ______."

Higher ability: Explain why things changed and use extra historical words from the vocabulary mat.

5. Use 'then' in one sentence to describe a seaside holiday long ago:
6. Use 'now' in one sentence to describe a seaside holiday today:
7. Write three differences between past and present seaside holidays:
8. Drawing task: Draw one thing from a past seaside holiday and one thing from a modern seaside. Label each drawing 'Past' or 'Now'.

Vocabulary mat

Past — a long time ago; think old photographs.

Present — now; what we see today at the seaside.

Old — from long ago; e.g. bathing machines, long dresses.

New — recent or modern; e.g. colourful ice‑cream vans, paddle boards.

Same — not different; e.g. people still enjoy the sea.

Different — not the same; e.g. clothes, transport, games.

Timeline — ordering events from then to now.

Seaside — the area by the sea where people have holidays.

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