Lesson Plans

Kindergarten History

Change, Continuity and Context
HIST K.1 Compare life in the past to life today.
HIST K.2 Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped a significant historical change

Compelling Question:
How do our communities and the people who live in them change over time?

Perspectives
HIST K.3 Compare perspectives of people in the past to those in the present.

Compelling Question:
Were people in the past the same as people today?

Historical Sources and Evidence
HIST K.4 Identify different kinds of historical sources.
HIST K.5 Explain how historical sources can be used to study the past.
HIST K.6 Identify the maker, date, and place of origin for a historical source from information within the source itself.
HIST K.7 Generate questions about a particular historical source as it relates to a particular historical event or development.

Compelling Question:
How do we learn about what happened in the past?

First Grade History

Change, Continuity and Context
HIST 1.1 Compare life in the past to life in the present.
HIST 1.2 Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped a significant historical change.

Compelling Question:
How do past actions of people in our community still influence our community today?

Historical Sources and Evidence
HIST 1.4 Identify different kinds of historical sources.
HIST 1.5 Explain how historical sources can be used to study the past.
HIST 1.6 Identify the maker, date, and place of origin for a historical source from information within the source itself.
HIST 1.7 Generate questions about a particular historical source as it relates to a particular historical event or development.

Compelling Question:
What historical sources can we use to study the past?

Second Grade History

Change, Continuity and Context
HIST 2.2 Compare life in the past to life today.
HIST 2.3 Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped a significant historical change.

Compelling Question:
How do the actions of people in the past influence us today?

Historical Sources and Evidence
HIST 2.6 Identify different kinds of historical sources.
HIST 2.7 Explain how historical sources can be used to study the past.
HIST 2.8 Identify the maker, date, and place of origin for a historical source from information within the source itself.
HIST 2.9 Generate questions about a particular historical source as it relates to a particular historical event or development.

Compelling Question:
How do different sources of information like music, film, newspapers, monuments, and stories tell us about the past and about how people and groups made a difference in the past?

Kindergarten Speaking and Listening

Comprehension and Collaboration
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.1.A
Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.3
Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.6
Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.

First Grade Speaking and Listening

Comprehension and Collaboration
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1.A
Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1.B
Build on others’ talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1.C
Ask questions to clear up any confusion about the topics and texts under discussion.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.2
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.3
Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.6
Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation. 

Second Grade Speaking and Listening

Comprehension and Collaboration
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.1.A
Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.1.B
Build on others’ talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.2
Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.3
Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue.

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.6
Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.

Responding: Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning

Anchor Standards
7. Perceive and analyze artistic work.
8. Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
9. Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Connecting: Relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context

Anchor Standards
11. Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding

Possible Theme for Primary Learners: Through My Eyes

Primary learners explore the artwork Seven Miles through Farmington through the eyes of an historian using the inquiry method: See, Think, Wonder.  Primary learners change their perspective by viewing the artwork as museum visitors using the inquiry method Visual Thinking Strategies.