Description
- Overview:
- This lesson plan is part of a multi-disciplinary unit that scaffolds the deeper-learning skills of early-elementary students through the examination of artifacts and cultural experiences throughout the history of Virginia. Through a forthcoming prerecorded webinar that will be linked to this presentation, two Virginia teachers joined by the Virginia Museum of History and Culture (Richmond, VA), provide a presentation on how to use this resource and to consider ways educators can collaborate with museum experts to broaden each student's critical thinking skills and enrich their historical understandings.
- Subject:
- History/Social Sciences, Professional Learning
- Level:
- Lower Primary
- Grades:
- Grade 1, Grade 2
- Material Type:
- Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy
- Author:
- Andrea Emerson
- Provider:
- Virginia Department of Education
- Date Added:
- 08/17/2021
- License:
- Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial
- Language:
- English
- Media Format:
- Downloadable docs, Text/HTML
Standards
Learning Domain: History and Social Science
Standard: The student will demonstrate skills for historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship.
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Learning Domain: History and Social Science
Standard: The student will develop an understanding of Virginia history by using artifacts and primary and secondary sources. Experiences may include but are not limited to: Post a picture of an early settlement and ask questions about why the people created this type of shelter. Use an image and description of an historic home in Virginia to ask questions and make observation about how daily life was different from today. Share a map of 1607 Virginia and a map of Virginia today and ask questions about how the maps compare. Show an image of a job from Virginia past and compare it to a job in Virginia today.
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Learning Domain: History and Social Science
Standard: The student will compare and contrast people, places, or events in Virginia history. Experiences may include but are not limited to: Create a class Venn diagram to compare the lives of famous Virginians. View maps and images of different locations in Virginia to compare recreational activities. Create a class Venn diagram to compare how different holidays are celebrated. Create a class chart of how selected jobs have changed over time.
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Learning Domain: History and Social Science
Standard: The student will make connections between past and present. Experiences may include but are not limited to: Use stories and images about Jamestown to determine how life in the past was different from life today. Discuss how jobs in Virginia have changed over time. Use simple maps from the past and present to show how the boundaries of Virginia have changed over time. Use maps from the past and the present to show how maps have changed over time. Compare John Smith map of Virginia to a map from the present. Make connections between transportation methods used in early Virginia and in the present.
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Learning Domain: History and Social Science
Standard: The student will develop fluency in content vocabulary and comprehension of oral, written and visual sources. Experiences may include but are not limited to: Label images of patriotic symbols such as the Virginia flag, the state capitol building, the state bird, and the state flower to show patriotism and respect for the state. Discuss the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance. Create a short video of reciting the Pledge to demonstrate respect for the American flag and the United States. Read a variety of fiction and nonfiction picture books about American holidays. Describe what or who is honored and remembered on each American holiday. Place pictures of the influential Virginians studied and where they lived on a map of Virginia.
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Learning Domain: History and Social Science
Standard: The student will demonstrate knowledge of Virginia history by describing important events in the history of the Commonwealth.
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Learning Domain: History and Social Science
Standard: The student will demonstrate skills for historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship.
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Learning Domain: History and Social Science
Standard: The student will identify artifacts and primary and secondary sources to understand events in American history. Experiences may include but are not limited to: Use a picture of pottery to make observations, ask questions and draw conclusions about the life of the Powhatan, Lakota, and Pueblo people. Use images of communication and/or transportation to describe important developments and innovations in United States history. Display an early map of the United States and compare it to a current map of the United States. Display pictures of people working in the past and present. Ask questions about how jobs and resources have changed over time. View images of American symbols (Washington Monument and the Statue of Liberty) from long ago and compare them to images of today.
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Learning Domain: History and Social Science
Standard: The student will compare and contrast people, places, or events in American history. Experiences may include but are not limited to: Create a class Venn diagram to compare the lives of famous Americans. Create physical models that reflect the culture and geography of the homes of American Indian cultures and describe how they are similar and different. Describe the similarities and differences between why we celebrate holidays in the United States such as Labor Day and Memorial Day. Create a graphic organizer to compare how holidays in the United States are celebrated.
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Learning Domain: History and Social Science
Standard: The student will make connections between past and present. Experiences may include but are not limited to: Survey family members or school officials to determine how they celebrated different holidays when they were in elementary school. Create or read a story where students predict how life in the United States today would be different without technology such as the Internet, cell phones, and computers. Create or gather images that illustrate acts of bartering. Create or gather images of using money to make purchases. Discuss the similarities and differences between bartering and using money. Create a flow chart to show how types of communication developed over time (letters telegraph telephone cell phone). Compare selected famous Americans to identify common characteristics that helped them create change. Use books, images, and Web sites to compare American Indians from long ago and today
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Learning Domain: History and Social Science
Standard: The student will defend positions orally and in writing, using content vocabulary. Experiences may include but are not limited to: Discuss the meaning of an individual right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and equality under the law. Read a variety of texts about Rosa Parks, Jackie Robinson, Cesar Chavez, and Martin Luther King Jr.. Explain how their contributions have changed the lives of Americans. View images of workers across the United States. Explain how people in the past and present made economic choices because resources, goods, and services were scarce.
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Learning Domain: History and Social Science
Standard: The student will demonstrate knowledge of the United States by describing important developments and innovations in United States history including communication and transportation.
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Learning Domain: History and Social Science
Standard: The student will demonstrate skills for historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship.
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Learning Domain: History and Social Science
Standard: The student will view artifacts and primary and secondary sources to develop an understanding of history. Essential Understandings: Viewing includes making observations and asking questions. An artifact is an object or tool that reveals something about the past. A primary source is an artifact, document, image, or other source of information that was created at the time under study. A secondary source is a document, image, or other source of information that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere.
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Learning Domain: History and Social Science
Standard: The student will compare and contrast people, places, or events. Essential Understandings: Comparing and contrasting examines similarities and differences among people, places, or events. Communities have different physical and cultural characteristics.
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Learning Domain: History and Social Science
Standard: The student will make connections between past and present. Essential Understandings: Everyday life in our community today is different from everyday life long ago. People, events, and developments have brought changes to the community.
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Learning Domain: History and Social Science
Standard: The student will develop fluency in content vocabulary and comprehension of oral, written, and visual sources. Essential Understandings: Developing fluency in social studies vocabulary improves comprehension of verbal, written, and visual sources about the community. Comprehending content vocabulary involves using and interacting with a variety of sources.
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Learning Domain: History and Social Science
Standard: The student will recognize that history describes events and people from other times and places.
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Learning Domain: History and Social Science
Standard: The student will identify examples of historical events, stories, and legends that describe the development of the local community. Essential Understandings: History relates events that have already happened. History teaches us about the interesting lives of people long ago.
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