Old Trades & Crafts: from Smith to Baker Unit – Worksheets, Projects & Slides (Grades 1–4)

Old Trades & Crafts: from Smith to Baker — a ready-to-teach elementary history unit (Grades 1–4). Long before factories and stores, skilled workers made almost everything by hand. This unit introduces the smith, the baker, the weaver, and other old trades through clear, hands-on lessons your class can finish and feel proud of.

What's included

This series gives you a complete overview of work in the past and then breaks it into three ready-to-teach units: Crafts in the past, The smith, baker & weaver, and Trades changing over time. Each unit contains five resources — a step-by-step lesson plan, a differentiated worksheet with a detailed reading passage and a word bank, a project or primary-source activity, a complete answer key, and a slideshow with picture prompts for discussion.

• Three reading levels — Basic, Standard, and Plus — so every learner works with the same topic at the right challenge.
• A hands-on project in every unit, from matching tools to their trades to designing a shop sign for a craftsperson.
• Varied task types: labeling, sorting, short answer, drawing, and simple compare-and-contrast questions.
• A vocabulary word bank in each worksheet to build history and social studies language.
• Kid-friendly, cited sources so students meet real history in age-appropriate words.
• No-prep and print-ready, with an instant digital download the moment you check out.

Format & use

Every file comes as a print-ready PDF plus an editable version (Word and PowerPoint) so you can adjust names, questions, or reading levels for your class. This is a digital download, so there is no shipping and nothing to wait for. The lessons fit perfectly in learning centers, sub plans, homework, morning work, or a full multi-week unit.

Bring the story of everyday work to life with Old Trades & Crafts teaching resources and worksheets your students will remember. Add these Old Trades & Crafts worksheets to your social studies shelf and spend less time planning and more time teaching.