Spring Fever
#Teacher2Teacher  |  March 13, 2024

Spring Fever

Can you feel it? Spring is near! Extra sunlight, warmer weather, and flowers blooming are a welcome reminder that Spring is right around the corner. As educators, it is an ideal time to expand on the teaching moments around us. Your kids are likely noticing flowers are budding, the weather is getting warmer, new baby animals are around, and the day is lighter after dinnertime. By tapping into the world around us and the changing seasons, we are able to learn about the need for transition. Every season of our lives may unfold naturally, when we allow it the time to do so.


How Communities Grow And Change

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Video: How Communities Grow And Change

Tour the Historic California State Rail Museum with young Shelby and meet the 'Conductor' of a journey through time. Students will learn how the first settlements made an impact on future communities. They'll discover how communities have grown and changed leaving behind historical landmarks and paving the road for technological developments in transportation, communication, and the utilities needed to serve those communities. Students will also learn how natural resources can affect the pattern of growth and the stability of a community and the ultimate impact that community development has on the environment.

Student Application

Communities around the world are always changing because of the needs of the people that live there and the resources available.


Learning Objectives

  1. Students will see how a town grows and changes.
  2. Students will learn how families, neighborhoods, schools, and communities respond to growth and change.
  3. Students will understand that as communities grow, both the land and people change.
  4. Students will learn how the environment is im...

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Supporting Activities

  1. Local history. Invite a local historian to visit your classroom, or take your students to a local history museum. Have students come up with questions about their community to ask the historian. Following the visit, have students draw pictures of how their community looked long ago and how it looks today.
  2. Creative Writing. H...

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