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G1 WWAPT: Where We Are In Place & Time

Central Idea

Historical evidence and stories provide insight into the past and enable historians to make connections to the present.

Lines of Inquiry

Historians use different sources to find out about the past. (primary and secondary sources)
Historians ask different sorts of questions depending on what they want to know.
Historians can use evidence to compare and contrast how things stay the same or change over time.

What did children do 90 years ago?

What did children do in the 1930s?
How did children spend their time in the 1930s?
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What did children do 80 years ago?

What did children do in the 1940s?
How did children spend their time in the 1940s?
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What did children do 70 years ago?

What did children do in the 1950s?
How did children spend their time in the 1950s?
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What did children do 60 years ago?

What did children do in the 1960s?
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What did children do 50 years ago?

What did children do in the 1970s?
How did children spend their time in the 1970s?
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What did children do 40 years ago?

What did children do in the 1980s?
How did children spend their time in the 1980s?
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What did children do 30 years ago?

What did children do in the 1990s?
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What did children do 20 years ago?

What did children do in the 2000s?
How did children spend their time in the 2000s?
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What did children do 10 years ago?

What did children do in the 2010s?
How did children spend their time in the 2010s?
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Exploring Toys from the Past- 1950s-1980s

How Globes are made

The History of Lego

PebbleGo - Important Inventions

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PebbleGo is the award winning PreK-3 database for reading and research. Databases are simple to navigate and offer key reading supports such as read=along audio and word-by-word highlighting. Includes PebbleGo Animals, Science, Biographies, and Social Studies.
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Password: school

Important Inventions

A Visual History of Sports

EPIC - Then & Now

EPIC - "Then and Now" search
Click on the link and once you are in EPIC, type "then and now" into the search box.

Picturing the Past | Everyday Learning

Picturing the Past | Everyday Learning
In this animated video, a child looks at photographs of family members and events, making connections between the images she sees and her own experiences. The video helps young viewers understand and apply the concepts of past, present, and future.

The History of Writing

The History of Electric Cars

Then And Now

Transportation in the Past

Technology - Then Vs Now

The History of Bread

Toy Fair 1958

Books from the Library