Earth Day
Earth Day is held on the same day each year, April 22nd. This year’s theme is Planets vs. Plastics, which is chosen annually by EarthDay.org. With Earth Day being this upcoming Monday, it creates an ideal opportunity to introduce the Earth Day theme and continue students’ understanding of this theme throughout the week!
Long Ago, Yesterday, And Today
Learning Object — Video
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Video: Long Ago, Yesterday, And Today
Compare the lives of people living in a community today to those who lived recently and long ago. Re-creations, artifacts, photographs, and time-lines tell the stories of how our parents, grandparents, and other ancestors lived on a daily basis. Includes different types of shelter, food, clothing, transportation, recreation, and forms of education.
Student Application
Understand how memories and history show changes over time and explain how things are today.
Learning Objectives
- Students will realize that there is more to time than just hours, minutes, and seconds. The past. (yesterday/long ago) and the present (today) are also important aspects of time.
- Students will realize that many things change over a decade, more things change over a generation, and even more changes occur over a century.
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Supporting Activities
- Before viewing the video
- Have the students sit in a circle. Have all those who have grandparents stand up. Ask if anyone has great grandparents and have those children remain standing. Long Ago, Yesterday, and Today, compares the way things were when their grandparents were young with the wa...
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- Have the students sit in a circle. Have all those who have grandparents stand up. Ask if anyone has great grandparents and have those children remain standing. Long Ago, Yesterday, and Today, compares the way things were when their grandparents were young with the wa...
