LEARN NC

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

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.

Resources aligned to this objective

Lesson plans on the web

Immigrating to America
Students learn about what it was like for new immigrants to come through Ellis Island at the turn of the century. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 Social Studies)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
What should a house do?
This is a set of nine lesson plans which compares and contrasts the homes built by the first American settlers with those of the Native American peoples. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities