1stGradeSchoolThen&Now

This lesson is designed to help children connect with history by giving them opportunities to
 * Learn questioning skills
 * Develop the ability to compare to similar things over time (school today with what it was like 100 years ago)
 * Use a map to follow a journey from one state to another on a mode of transportation different from what we use today.
 * Compare what they are expected to learn in 1st grade to what a child 100 years ago learned

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Set up Stations for the following experiences. 1. Slates and chalk for writing practice. 2. Making butter -- a churn (paddle is best for this since they can see the butter forming) or you can use a marble in a baby food jar allowing each student to make his/her own butter. 3. Quill pens and ink (you can buy feathers at Michaels -- and instructions for making the pens on the Internet. [] 4. A McGuffy's reader to examine and a short lesson using the PDF below.

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