SWGSweetwater Groves Residential Assisted Living
Scottsdale, AZ
Scottsdale, AZ
Memory Studio · Early stage
Early stagePostwar Childhood15–20 minutes2 pages to print
Places We Went
Sorting and odd-one-out built from the places a young person went in the 1950s and 60s — the drive-in, the diner, the five-and-dime.
Places We Went
Sorting and odd-one-out built from the places a young person went in the 1950s and 60s — the drive-in, the diner, the five-and-dime.
Which one does not belong?
There is a reason on the key, but a better reason of their own beats it.
- Drive-in movieRoller rinkSoda fountainDentist office
- Five-and-dimeButcher shopBakeryPost office
- Church picnicCounty fairSunday driveFilling station
Where would you find it?
Write each thing under the place it belongs.
- Milkshake
- Counter stool
- Penny candy
- Sewing notions
- Speaker on the window
- Popcorn
- Jukebox
- Ribbon by the yard
Diner
Five-and-dime
Drive-in
Answer key
Keep this page or leave it out — whichever makes the activity feel easier. Looking at the key is not failing at anything.
Which one does not belong?
- Dentist office — The other three were where you went for fun on a Saturday.
- Post office — The others were places you carried food home from.
- Filling station — The others were things a whole family did together.
Where would you find it?
- Milkshake — Diner
- Counter stool — Diner
- Penny candy — Five-and-dime
- Sewing notions — Five-and-dime
- Speaker on the window — Drive-in
- Popcorn — Drive-in
- Jukebox — Diner
- Ribbon by the yard — Five-and-dime