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History, Civics & Social Studies · Kindergarten

Learn from Objects and Pictures

Kindergartners become history detectives. They learn that old objects (artifacts) and pictures are clues about how people lived, practise asking who, what, when, where and how questions about a clue, and compare an old picture and a new picture of the same street to find what changed and what stayed the same.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 40 minutes
  • History detective check: 5 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, match pairs, sort into groups and true or false
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What learners will discover

  • Explain that old objects (artifacts) and pictures are clues that help us learn about the past.
  • Ask who, what, when, where and how questions about an object or picture from the past.
  • Compare an old and a new picture of the same place and tell what changed and what stayed the same.

Lessons

  1. Objects are clues 4 steps2 practiceabout 13 min
  2. Ask good questions 4 steps2 practiceabout 12 min
  3. Then and now pictures 4 steps2 practiceabout 15 min
  4. History detective check 5 questions at the end

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