- A new year and a new unit!
- Transdisciplinary Theme: Where we are in place and time
- Central Idea:There are similarities and differences between the way people lived long ago and the way people live today
Lines of Inquiry:
· There are similarities and differences between past and present
· Inventions have been made that impact the things we do
Changes in daily life
Most of us remember endless stories from our grandparents
or other elders about "the olden days" and how life was different.
"Winter Days in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder was our launching point today as I recorded what the children already know about life long ago.
The parts of the story that intrigued them were the girls using a thimble to draw pictures on a frosty window "What's a thimble?" and when the girls churned butter
"How do you make butter?"
Next, we went into the kitchen and looked at some inventions that weren't around long ago: dishwasher, microwave, indoor plumbing and the refrigerator.
"What's an invention?"
Three great questions to start our investigations!
Wow interesting unit. I think their minds will be blown that there were no cell phones or internet - barely remember that myself!
ReplyDeleteI was making butter the other day using left over whipped cream and I was thinking to myself....can you imagine if I have to make butter everyday for breakfast?
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how easily we got along without cell phones and internet! Can't imagine not having them now.
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