LEARN NC

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

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.

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Human migration: The story of a community
In this Xpeditions lesson, students come to understand some key concepts of human migration through the examination of maps and migration patterns. Students research and document the impact of migration on a region's cultural landscape. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Social Studies)
Provider: National Geographic
My piece of history
Students examine pictures of household objects from the late 20th century, gather historical information about them from older family members, and then create an in-class exhibit of historical objects from their own homes. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
Native American cultures across the U.S.
Students discuss the differences between five Native American tribes within the U.S. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
Reading, writing and 'rithmetic in the one-room schoolhouse
This lesson focuses on the universal experience of attending school, using original photographs to give students a vivid impression of how American children received an education a hundred years ago. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
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 would you work hard for?
This lesson, from Xpeditions, has students go through a simulation to learn about value, abundance, and scarcity. They are asked to consider the things that they would be willing to work very hard for. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: National Geographic