Time, Continuity, and Change
Unit description: In this unit students will examine personal and family history as a source of information. Students will investigate how families change over time and how these changes can be recorded or documented. Students will have the opportunity to examine other families and compare them to their own, as well as learn about sequence and chronology when describing family events. In addition, students will be exposed to historical sources and oral histories.
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Standard
Standard 5- Civics, Citizenship and Gov’t
Essential Questions and Big Ideas
Big Idea: Personal and family history can help us learn a lot about who we are today.
Why do we learn about family history?
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- Knowing where our families come from can help us understand routines and practices in our homes.
- Tracking our family through history can help us know more about choices our ancestors made that impacted how and where we live today.
- People use timelines to track events over a period of year.
How do we find out more about the past?
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- Various historical sources exist to inform people about life in the past, including artifacts, letters, maps, photographs, and newspapers.
Prerequisite Skills
“My Family and Other Families, Now and Long Ago” is organized around the same five units of study that organize kindergarten Social Studies—Individual Development and Cultural Identity; Civic Ideals and Practices; Geography, Humans, and the Environment; Time, Continuity, and Change; and Economic Systems. These units represent five of the unifying themes of social studies, and may be presented in any order.