How has changing technology affected people’s lives? What was life like during your parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods? Find out how people did household chores in the past.
Activities
- How many objects can you find at home to help with chores/jobs?
- Ask a parent or grandparent about how they did chores when they were your age.
- Draw a picture of an object used for chores from the past and one from the present.
Australian Curriculum links
Year 1 History
Differences and similarities between students' daily lives and life during their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods (ACHASSK030)
Year 2 History
How changing technology affected people’s lives (at home and in the ways they worked, travelled, communicated and played in the past) (ACHASSK046)
In our collection
Wooden dolly pegWooden dolly peg. Stained from use. Wood chipped away in places.
DustpanA dustpan made of metal and painted black. Three sides of the dust pan are curved up.
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