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Then and Now: Life in Early America, 1740-1840

http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=260

A lesson plan for Grades K–3 Social Studies

Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

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Appropriate grades
K–3
Provider
National Endowment for the Humanities

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In this EDSITEment lesson, students use archival materials, re-creations, and classroom activities in order to consider which aspects of everyday life have changed and which have stayed the same in the last 200 years. The lesson includes many hands-on and interactive activities and games including "dressing" an eighteenth century paper doll, creating an early American toy, and guessing the function of historical "mystery" objects. From this introductory page teachers can access all the archival materials needed to complete the lesson.

This page forms part of the EDSITEment website, created by the National Endowment for the Humanities in collaboration with the Council of the Great City Schools and the WorldCom Foundation.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Social Studies (2003)

Grade 1

  • Goal 3: The learner will recognize and understand the concept of change in various settings.
    • Objective 3.01: Describe personal and family changes, past, and present.
    • Objective 3.02: Describe past and present changes within the local community.
    • Objective 3.03: Compare and contrast past and present changes within the local community and communities around the world.

Grade 2

  • Goal 4: The learner will exhibit an understanding of change in communities over time.
    • Objective 4.01: Analyze the effects of change in communities and predict future changes.

Grade 3

  • Goal 3: The learner will examine how individuals can initiate change in families, neighborhoods, and communities.
    • Objective 3.01: Analyze changes, which have occurred in communities past and present.

Kindergarten

  • Goal 3: The learner will recognize and understand the concept of change in various settings.
    • Objective 3.02: Evaluate how the lives of individuals and families of the past are different from what they are today.
    • Objective 3.03: Observe and summarize changes within communities.