I suppose it would be mostly practical skills, cooking, fixing things. Usually had to be done by people themselves.
Maybe also mental things like navigating (with or without paper map) and remembering their daily and weekly agendas.
What other things would be a big difference with the people today?
Not sure I would say inward focused. That can be a good thing in a lot of situations.
I would say they are more outward focused, but not on other people, but rather the concepts, ideas, and beliefs that are pushed upon them by whatever is pushed on them by the social media platforms and news they engage with (instead of talking to actual people, or taking time to do introspection.)
People talk a lot about the internet causing social corrosion various ways, but this might be the most real. Back in time, and still to some degree in rural areas, in-person organisations (churches, unions, clubs) had tons of political power. Getting a endorsement from them often meant more than your platform or soundbites or political brand.
The new way isn’t bad per se, but it’s not time-tested, and it’s not looking very stable so far when imposed on 20th century institutions.
Having less power in those centralised organisations is definitely a good thing.
Online communities are helpful, and also sometimes necessary for those who are not able to easily participate in local communities, or who live in a place where nobody is interested in the same things as them.
And still I found it much better to interact with people in-person.
Even when their interests might not align perfectly with yours, it’s just much more fulfilling than online-only interactions.