8541RB Reading for Me Level 4 Part A

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Persuasive A Perfect Past? ‘When I was your age, things were so much better!’ I’m pretty sure that every grandparent alive has said those words in their lifetime. I think the debate should be settled once and for all. Was life better in the 1950s than it is now? In the 1950s, many children left school as young as 14 to start work. Not all subjects were available for all genders and races. Today, completing your high school education is very important. Subjects are available for everyone. I won’t even start on corporal punishment! In the 1950s, refrigerators were a luxury item. Many families had to go to the shop daily for fresh produce. These days we don’t even have to leave our house to order groceries. An online order arrives at our doorstep with the press of a button. Televisions were very popular in the 1950s. In 1950, only 9% of Americans had a television. By 1959, 86% of Americans had a television. Family dinners were centred around it. These days, most households have a television, but we are aware of the consequences of spending too much time in front of it. In the 1950s, cars were a dangerous place to be. They did not have seat belts or airbags. Modern cars are developed with safety in mind and will alert you if all passengers are not buckled up. Phones were completely different in the 1950s. They worked with a rotary dial. Most were mounted on a wall. There was one telephone in the house. The further you dialled from your home, the more expensive the call was. Today, if you have access to the internet, you can phone your family in another country at the same price as a call to your neighbour. Our grandparents spent a lot of time connecting with their neighbours and townspeople. We can use technology to instantly communicate with people all over the world. No one can deny that the 1950s were quite different to today. I believe that you have to embrace the time you live in. New inventions are not all bad; they can make our lives easier! 44 Reading for Me Level 4 (Part A) 978-1-922843-63-0 R.I.C. Publications ® Prim-Ed Publishing
Questions 1 Why did families have to go to the shop every day in the 1950s? 2 Why were cars dangerous in the 1950s? 3 Do you think phone calls were private in the 1950s? Explain your answer. 4 Why can we say that televisions were popular in the 1950s? 5 Do you think life is better now than it was 70 years ago? Why or why not? 6 What is a rotary dial? R.I.C. Publications ® Prim-Ed Publishing Reading for Me Level 4 (Part A) 978-1-922843-63-0 45
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