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Kindergarten, Social Studies Std 2: Compare families of today with families of the past in relation to work, home, and school.

Lesson Plans: Country and City Life Using the children's story When I Was Little by Toyomi Igus, students discover the differences between country and city life now and long ago. My Piece of History Students will be able to provide a historical context for objects from the past, characterize the historical significance of objects from the past, conduct historical research through interviews and field work, and construct a historical narrative. Then and Now: Life in Early America, 1740-1840 Using archival materials, re-creations, and classroom activities, help your students think about which aspects of everyday life - and the people who've lived it - have changed and which have stayed the same in the last 200 years. Story Quilts The purpose of this lesson is to help students understand that in the past a quilt was sometimes used as a diary to record important events in a person's life. Family Day The children will know that a family is the people who live with you, learn there are all kinds of families and identify people in their family

Resources: History Hunt: Past-time Fun: Students explore games, activities, and other entertainment families enjoyed in the past and compare and contrast those entertainments to the types that are popular today. Short video clip from United Streaming. Family Theme Page: Enchanted Learning. Links to activity pages for download and use. School Children: Here is a picture of "kids of the past". This would be good for discussion. Pop History: Families of the fifties. Suggestions for English Language Learners: (E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding) (E/B) Students distinguish classroom from school by categorizing visuals of examples of each. (E/B) Students use visuals, such as magazine cutouts for sorting activities with labels on Venn diagrams. (E/B) Students sort pictures of activities appropriate to each setting onto drawings of the three environments. (E/B) Students make a diorama of a specific environment. (E/B, D, E) Students illustrate a comparison of what they look like to their grandmother or grandfather. (D) Students dictate experiences with different settings. (D) Using a picture questionnaire, students interview another student and circle activities that apply to him. (E) Students describe an activity or picture using phrases or sentences. (E) Students answer “where” questions orally after listening to a story.
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