Read the following writing prompt. Which answer names and describes a difference
between life in the 1800s and now?
Think of one way that life in the 1800s was different
from the way it is today
There were no television sets in the 1800s like there
are today
In the 1800s, communication was difficult without
phones and the Internet.
O People use computers for so many things today,
including working
O Life in the 1800s was very different from life today
for so many reasons.