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

Goal 2

The learner will analyze the multiple roles that individuals perform in families, workplaces, and communities.

Objective 2.02

Analyze similarities and differences among families in different times and in different places.

Resources aligned to this objective

Families - Then and Now
Students apply their knowledge of communities as they compare and contrast the home life described in Sarah Plain and Tall to the home life described in Because of Winn-Dixie.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills, Social Studies, and Computer Technology Skills)
By Debbie Fox and Sherri Hendrix.
Postcards of the Past
Students will participate in Heritage Day activities that will enhance students' awareness of their heritage. They will take digital pictures of activities to include on a web page, and research and report on information gathered. Students will create a web page to present their information.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Social Studies)
By Karol Leaptrott, Rebecca Watt, and Regina Welsted.
Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity four
In this activity for grades 3–6, students will read and evaluate a primary source letter from the Tobacco Bag Stringing collection. This should be done after Activity one, which is the introductory activity about tobacco bag stringing. Students will investigate the influence of technology, and its lack, on the tobacco bag stringers. They will do a role play/debate in which they will assume the roles of owners of companies and other people that were involved in the issue.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies)
By Pauline S. Johnson.
Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity three
In this activity for grades 3–6, students will read and evaluate primary source letters from the Tobacco Bag Stringing collection. This should be done after Activity one, which is the introductory activity about tobacco bag stringing.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies)
By Pauline S. Johnson.
Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity two
This activity for grades 3–6 will teach students how examining photographs can help them to better understand the past. This activity can be used as an introduction to looking at primary source photographs.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies)
By Pauline S. Johnson.

Lesson plans on the web

Artifacts in Context
Students will explore an archaeological mystery that demonstrates the importance of context in learning from artifacts. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Social Studies)
Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Geo-generations
Students create a Geo-Generations Scrapbook that charts and describes where their family has lived. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 1–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: National Geographic
Geographic groceries
Students explore the regions of their grocery store to see which foods hang out together and why. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 1–7 Social Studies)
Provider: National Geographic
Go west: Imagining the Oregon Trail
Students compare imagined travel experiences of their own with the actual experiences of 19th-century pioneers. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
The great migration
Students learn about the migration of African Americans to Harlem, beginning with the original migration of blacks to North America. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–3 Social Studies)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Human migration: The story of a community's culture
In this Xpeditions lesson, students come to understand 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 3 Social Studies)
Provider: National Geographic
What Can We Learn From Artifacts?
In this lesson on archaeology, students will learn about artifacts – what they are, how they are initially buried, and then excavated. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Where I come from
Students virtually explore their ancestral homelands. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities