This visual thinking tool asks the reader to observe images of houses from the past and present, noting what they see, think, feel, and wonder about the differences. It prompts the reader to consider how people lived in the past without modern conveniences like electricity, what machines they used instead, whether their lives used less energy, and whether their lives were harder or happier than lives today.

1. Think, See, Feel, Wonder
Visual Thinking Tool
Houses - Now and
Then…

2. What do you SEE?

3. What do you THINK?

4. What do you FEEL?

5. What does it make you WONDER?

6. Spot the differences…

7. What do you SEE?

8. What do you THINK?

9. What do you FEEL?

10. What does it make you WONDER?

11. Spot the differences…

12. What do you SEE?

13. What do you THINK?

14. What do you FEEL?

15. What does it make you WONDER?

16. Spot the differences…

17. What do you think?
• What did you notice about how people lived in the
olden days?
• Did they have electricity? What sort of machines
did they have?
• Did they use less energy in the past?
• Do you think life was harder or easier for them
compared to today?
• Do you think they lived happy lives compared to us?