Back in the olden days

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A lesson plan for Grades K–1 Social Studies

Provider: National Geographic

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Appropriate grades

K–1

Subjects

social studies (geography, sociology), thinking skills (higher order thinking, information literacy, research skills, visual literacy), diverse learners (race and culture, rural students, socioeconomic diversity, urban students), education technology (integrating technology), teaching methods (discovery learning)

Provider

National Geographic

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In this Xpeditions lesson, students explore what life might have been like when their parents and grandparents grew up. After predicting what life in the past was like, students participate in activities that will help them determine if their hypotheses were correct.

Students will:

• discuss what it might have been like when, and where, their parents and grandparents grew up;
• develop questions to ask their relatives about the time and place in which they grew up;
• conduct the interviews;
• decorate U.S. and world maps to illustrate the places where their relatives grew up;
• share their interview results with the class; and
• draw pictures of their relatives in the time and place where they grew up.

Xpeditions provides links to helpful web resources, detailed instructions for the lesson, and suggestions for assessment and extension activities.