Toys and Games Through the Years

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Walk into the past. Find out who, what, and why.

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The same event looks different depending on who's telling the story.

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Toys and games have also changed through the years. In the past, children played with wooden toys and dolls. Now, we have video games and action figures. Even though toys are different, they still bring joy and fun to children everywhere.

Key facts

Remember these

1Children played with wooden toys in the past.
2Now, we have video games and dolls.
3Toys bring joy and fun to children.

Timeline

When it happened

1903
Crayola sells its first box of eight crayons
1958
The modern LEGO brick is patented
1972
Pong, one of the first video games, appears in arcades

Then & Now

The choices made back then are why the world looks like this now.

Question 1 of 2

What did children play with long ago?

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Question 2 of 2

What kind of toys do we have now?

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