Language Arts/Social Studies Unit
Mary Reger
Essential Questions: What
differences are there between the present and the past? How can we compare and contrast the
present and the past using photos?
Enduring
Understanding: Each student will be able to look at photos of rooms
in houses and identify if it is a room in the present or past. They will compare and contrast
different living styles from the past and today by looking at the photos of the
rooms.
Assessment: Each student
will complete a ÒComparison/Contrast ChartÓ
worksheet.
Materials:
á
ÒComparison/Contrast
ChartÓ worksheet
Suggested Procedures:
It is suggested this lesson
be completed in one day in a small group of 6-8 students.
1. First ask students if they have ever been on a tour of
a period home. Discuss what a
period
home is. Ask them what was
different from that home and their home.
2. Pass out the photos of the rooms from the period home
and the current home. Talk
about
what they see that is different.
Make a list on chart paper.
Talk about things they like about it and things they donÕt.
3. Next make a list of things on the chart paper that are
the same. Talk about if they like
the
things that are the same. Discuss
why it might be important to compare these pictures.
4. Hand out the ÒComparison/Contrast
ChartÓ and have the students complete while looking at the photos. Have them complete one for the kitchen
and separate one for the living room/parlor.