Social Studies - 2nd Grade
Standard 3 Objective 1
2 class periods of 30 minutes each
Students will describe ways in which people have modified the physical environment in a community, e.g., building roads, clearing land for homes and mining.
Day 1:
Attention Getter:
Discuss how they have changed since birth and if they can think of other things that have changed, e.g., moving to a new home, family changes, things in their yard or neighborhood, etc.
Lesson:
Objective: Identify "then" and "now" pictures correctly. Today students will be filling in the first ("Then") and last ("Now") columns on their chart.
Who might have made those changes?
What and why did certain things stay the same? Why did the changes happen?
Day 2:
Cause and Effect:
Relate The Little House with cause and effect. Review the pictures from the book that were used for the activity yesterday. Encourage the children to use their thinking skills to relate what was the cause for the changes. To develop understanding of cause and effect. As you continue the class discussion have the students fill in the middle ("How") column of their chart. Repeat this for each of the pictures you used previously.
Write or draw in their journal on the following topic. Think of something in the community that is really old, (building, tree, sidewalk, etc.). If these old things could talk, what would they say about the changes that people have made to the area over time?