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Title: Perspectives (History) Grade: 1 st^ Grade Duration: 1 week (5 days) Unit Overview: In first grade, students develop their understanding of basic concepts and ideas from civics, economics, geography, and history. In understanding history, change, continuity, context, and perspectives are emphasized. The students are expected to evaluate events, describe individuals and groups who have helped shaped the community, state, and nation and to investigate the perspectives of people in terms of past and present situations. During this lesson, students explore how objects can be used to learn about people, places, and events from the past. The students work together to examine objects, try to unravel the stories they represent, and relate its past application to the present time. Through this process, students begin to understand some of the strategies that historians use to learn about the past. Key Concepts and Big Ideas: Historical events, Perspectives, Past, Present Essential Question(s): How did the perspectives of people change from past to present?
How are historical perspectives alike or different? Learning Objectives: At the end of the unit, the students should be able to:
- investigate the perspectives of people in the past to those in the present time in terms of certain activities, objects, or events.
- understand the difference between past, present, and future.
- identify factual from false information relating to historical developments.
- discuss how the life of pilgrims changed in the story of “The First Thanksgiving.”
- compare the perspectives of people and discuss how it affected their lives. Illinois Learning Standards: In the implementation of the Social Science Standards, the inquiry standards are used simultaneously with the individual disciplinary standards to ensure both students' comprehension and application of the knowledge and skills acquired. Existing Standards: Compare perspectives of people in the past to those of people in the present. Revision: With guidance and support, investigate how our perspectives of historical events have changed over time.
Thanksgiving.” The students will be decribing the perspectives of the pilgrims in terms of moving to America.
- Lesson 5: This lesson will help the students compare the perspectives of people in the past and how it changed over time. The focus of comparison will be the mode of transportation before and now. Introduction Lesson: During the start of the lesson, the students will play a game called “History Detectives.” This activity will help connect the past to the present day situation by allowing the students to describe an object from the past (e.g. typewriter, magnifying glass, plane, clothes, and the like) and how it changed or improved today. Concept-Building Lessons: Lesson 2: The students will use the KWL Chart to discuss the differences between past, present, and future concepts. Lesson 3: The students will use the Metacards in determining factual from false information. Lesson 4: The students will have a reading activity using the story “The First Thanksgiving.” They will be using the Insert Learning Activity. An essay will be required to sum up their learning. Lesson 5: The students will be comparing the mode of transportation
before and now. A video clip will be shown about transportation then and now. They will be grouped into 6 and will be given a Venn diagram worksheet to accomplish. Culminating Lesson: In this culminating activity, the students will explore some stories that are part of their family customs and traditions. They will be asked to investigate one family tradition or custom that they have been celebrating and evaluate how this changed over a period of time. They can do an interview of older members of their family to provide a primary source for this activity. The final product could be a poster or a Powerpoint presentation of the results of the interview. Assessments: The students will be assessed using the following: Tests/Quizzes, Collaborative Group Discussions, Formative and Summative Assessments, Performance Tasks (poster or Powerpoint presentation) RUBRIC: Criteria Excellent (4) Accomplishe d (3) Developing (2) Beginning (1) Scor e Content, Spelling, The output has The output has good The output needs The output has multiple
visible, organized, and well- placed. visible, organized, and well- placed. visible, organized, and well- placed. Pictures/ Graphics The student used pictures/gra phics which clearly depicted the theme of the output. The student used pictures/gra phics which depicted the theme of the output. The student used pictures/gra phics which are few and somehow depicted the theme of the output. The student used pictures/gra phics which do not depict the theme of the output. Relevanc e to the theme The student included timely and relevant information in the output. The student included some timely and relevant information in the output. The student included some relevant information in the output. The student did not include timely and relevant information in the output. Comment/s: Tota
l Resources and Materials: Lesson 1: The History Detective- Object Study Worksheet Lesson 2: KWL Chart- Understanding the Past, Present, and Future Lesson 3: Metacards for Fact or Fallacy Lesson 4: Insert Learning Activity- “The First Thanksgiving” (https://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/first-thanksgiving-meal) Lesson 5: Venn diagram on Comparison of Transportation Then and Now (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WME-lWSbDw) Lesson Plan 1: Introduction ( The History Detective ) The students will be given a picture/image of an object that was commonly used in the past (e.g. typewriters, magnifying glass, bicycle) They will be grouped into 6. In the group, each student must say something about the old object. They may mention its possible origin, how it was used, or a description of its appearance. They will be completing the history detective’s Object Study Worksheet. The worksheet contains a sketch of the object, at least three descriptions, and its use/application. They will be doing a sharing once the worksheet is accomplished.
Lesson Plan 4: The First Thanksgiving The students will be doing a reading activity using the Insert Learning platform. The story will have embedded questions that need to be answered. They will be asked to make connections in terms of the reasons of the pilgrims in the story of their journey to America. They will be creating an essay to sum up what they have learned from the story and how this helps them understand the past and present views of people. Lesson Plan 5: Transportation Then and Now They will be shown a short clip from Youtube about the means of transportation then and now. The students will be asked to make a comparison of the mode of transportation used before and at present. A Venn diagram will be used for this comparison activity. The students should be able to understand the change in perspectives of people in terms of the transportation they use.
