Long Ago and Now BUNDLE

This Long Ago and Now Social Studies unit helps students understand how their lives relate to things and events long ago. Students are asked to compare and contrast and sequence events. There is a strong home and school connection with this unit.

The unit includes:

• Vocabulary cards in two formats
• In-Depth article with fact sort, comprehension questions and QR codes
• Mini-book that supports the article and compare and contrast artifacts.
• Compare and contrast artifacts long ago & today: sort, interactive notebook component, and scaffolded compare and contrast pages
• Family Tree & Grandparent (or older relative) interview: includes comparing students’ lives to their grandparents’ lives.
• Timeline: students choose important events in their own lives.

The parent letters come with both an English and Spanish translations.

The writing activities are scaffolded in three ways: (1) with sentence frames, (2) by asking students to write two sentences, or even (3) write an entire paragraph. The writing activities with “Artifacts Long Ago & Now” help prepare students for a similar writing activity in the “Grandparent Interview”.

Most of the pages have both a primary and intermediate line option, except the pages sent home, which include the Family Tree and Grandparent Interview.

The unit is geared toward second grade and aligned with California Social Studies Social Studies Standards, but can be used in other grades / states as needed.

Some components can be purchased separately, but DO NOT include the vocabulary cards.

Long Ago & Now: Compare and Contrast Artifacts & Writing Activity

• Teacher Notes about Compare and Contrast
• Interactive Mini-book that compares and contrasts artifacts via cut & paste and writing words
• Color Sort Cards
• Black and White Sort Worksheet
• Interactive Notebook Sort with cut and paste images and phrases
• Scaffolded writing pages in both primary lines and straight lines where students can either draw or use the cut and paste images.
• An “If I Lived Long Ago . . . ” Writing sheet.

Long Ago & Now: Article, Fact Sort, Comprehension Questions & QR Codes

• Teacher Notes about Compare and Contrast
• Two-Page Article with section headings
• Identical article in booklet form. Each section is on a separate page.
• Task Cards
• Fact Sort
• Comprehension Page
• Video QR Codes

Long Ago & Now: Grandparent Interview, Family Tree & Student Timeline

• Teacher Notes about Compare and Contrast
• Family Tree: Parent Letter in English and Spanish, and a Family Tree in two formats
• Grandparent Interview: Parent letter and questions in English and Spanish
• Compare and Contrast Venn Digram and Matrix
• Scaffolded writing pages in both primary lines and straight lines.
• Student Timeline in both primary lines and straight lines