Long ago and now: K to 2nd people & places
Long ago and now: how daily life and inventions changed. A free K to 2nd lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: long ago and now: how daily life and inventions changed.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: What was school like long ago?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (10 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: long ago and now.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner the idea in their own words.
Practise (15 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Learn: Long Ago and Now (https://peabody.kids/world/history/history-long-ago-and-now)
- Read: The First Flight (https://peabody.kids/library/the-first-flight)
- Read: The Thread That Glowed (https://peabody.kids/library/the-thread-that-glowed)
- Read: History stories (https://peabody.kids/history-stories-for-kids)
- Try: Quiz: long ago and now (https://peabody.kids/practice/hist/past)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about long ago and now, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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