January 13, 2014 (Monday) Subject Area: NGSSS: Social Studies (K) Strand: American History Concept: Comparing

and contrasting toys kids played with from the past and the present. Standards: SS.K.A.2.1: Comparing children and families of today with those in the past. SS.K.A.1.2: Develop an awareness of a primary source. SL.K.4: Describe familiar people, places, things and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail. SL.K.1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. Objectives: Kindergarten students will learn about the toys kids played with back them. Kindergarten students will look for similarities and differences between the toys kids played with from the past and the present. Materials: Long Ago and Today PowerPoint Long Ago and Today Graphic Organizers copied on chart paper Procedures: 1. Make sure materials are ready (i.e. classroom laptop is turned on, PowerPoint is open, chart paper is taped to the white board, have two different colored dry-erase makers ready, etc). 2. Students will be seating at their tables during the lesson. 3. Stand in front of the room and have a brief discussion on what they like to do for fun (i.e. go to the park, play video games, play basketball, etc). Ask the students what they believed kids did for fun back then. 4. After a quick discussion, tell the students that they are going to look at photographs in a slideshow. Before showing the slides, inform them that they will not be talking or making any comments about the photos just looking. Give students about 10 seconds to look at each photograph. 5. At the end of the PowerPoint, ask students what the pictures were mostly about (what is the same in all of them)? Answer: they are all pictures of children playing with toys. Guide students to recognize that some of the pictures are from modern times and some are from long ago. 6. Go to the front of the class and explain to the students the chart paper that is taped on the white board. Also explain that it is important to record information on what they observe in the pictures. 7. As the students are looking at the first set of pictures (long ago and modern), ask the students questions: - What type of toys did you see in the photographs? - How are the children playing with the toys? -Where did the information come from? (A: a photograph). Tell students that they need to know where the information came from (the source). Write the word photograph or photo in the source column. 8. As the students are looking at the second set of pictures (long ago and modern), have the students turn and talk (20 seconds) about what they noticed about the children were playing in the photo. 9. After the turn and talk, ask students questions (look at #7 for questions). Record students responses on the chart paper and write their initials next to it. 10. Tell students that they will read a MYON book called Toys in the Past by Elizabeth Moore the next day. The students will be observing toys in the pictures and how they are similar and different from the toys they play with today.