Read the following writing prompt. Think of one way that life in the 1800s was different from the way it is today. Which answer names and describes a difference between life in the 1800s and now? There were no television sets in the 1800s like there are today. In the 1800s, communication was difficult without phones and the Internet. People use computers for so many things today, including working. Life in the 1800s was very different from life today for so many reasons.