LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Social Studies — 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.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Resources on the web

What is history? Timelines and oral histories
This lesson from EDSITEment aims to help students understand history and recognize that the past is different depending on who is remembering and retelling it. There are four activities, in which students construct a timeline based on events from their... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provided by: EDSITEment
Then and Now: Life in Early America, 1740-1840
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. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–3 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities
Immigrating to America
In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students learn about what it was like for new immigrants to come through Ellis Island at the turn of the century. Through first-hand accounts, students discover where the immigrants were from, the reasons they fled their homelands,... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 Social Studies)
Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts