Second graders look at how everyday life has changed over time, from travel and chores to how people talk and learn, and sort examples into long ago and today.
Students will be able to…
Everyday life looked very different for children long ago. What has changed between then and now, and what has stayed the same?
Project this and sort each example into long ago or today — tap an example, then tap where it belongs.
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Your grandparents grew up without phones or the internet. How was daily life different long ago, and what has stayed the same?
Students sort life long ago and today.
Students pair an old way with a new one.
Students compare one part of life.
Students reflect on how life changes.
Aligned to the C3 Framework for Social Studies and Common Core literacy in social studies.
Create a chronological sequence of multiple events.
Compare life in the past to life in the present.
Generate possible reasons for an event or development in the past.
Describe the connection between a series of events or ideas in a text.
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Have students pick a part of daily life, draw it long ago and today, and label what changed, so change over time becomes something they can see. A printable long-ago-and-today worksheet is in the Social Studies library.
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