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 3.02

Evaluate how the lives of individuals and families of the past are different from what they are today.

Resources aligned to this objective

Children and families in North Carolina
In this lesson plan, elementary students will analyze photographs of children from North Carolina provided by the Green ā€˜N’ Growing collection from the Special Collections Research Center at North Carolina State University. They will investigate how individuals and families are similar and different, and to begin to acquire an understanding of change over time.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
By Pauline S. Johnson.

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
Marco Polo takes a trip
Students learn about the travels of Venetian adventurer Marco Polo. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies and Mathematics)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
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
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
Traditions and Languages of Three Native Cultures: Tlingit, Lakota, and Cherokee
Students learn about the environment, history, language, and culture of the Tlingit, Lakota, and Cherokee. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 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