Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Communication Technology: From Smoke Signals to Smartphones

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

K, 1

Overview

This classroom resource from Epic! is a book that traces the development of inventions in communication technology – from the earliest steps to our current technology. This book can be used to introduce a lesson on describing families and communities of the past and identifying ways everyday life has changed.

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    Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): KG

    SS10.K.12

    Describe families and communities of the past, including jobs, education, transportation, communication, and recreation.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:SS10.K.12

    Vocabulary

    • community
    • family
    • transportation
    • communication
    • recreation
    • long ago

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Families and communities of today participate in many of the same activities that families and communities of the past participate in.
    • Some aspects of family and community ways of life have changed over time while others have remained the same or similar.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Name various jobs performed by family and community members in the past and present.
    • Describe the ways schools, communication, transportation, and recreation of the past are similar and different to the ways of today.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • There are many similarities and differences between the ways people lived in the past and the ways we live today.
    Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 1

    SS10.1.6

    Compare ways individuals and groups in the local community and state lived in the past to how they live today. (Alabama)

    Unpacked Content

    UP:SS10.1.6

    Vocabulary

    • compare
    • identify
    • analyze
    • past
    • present
    • communication
    • apparel
    • technology
    • recreation
    • primary sources

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Changes occur from past to present and can compare these changes.
    • Communication, apparel, technology, recreation, and primary sources show forms of change over time.
    • Individuals and groups in the local community and throughout Alabama provide information about changes in everyday life.
    • Vocabulary: past, present, communication, apparel, technology, recreation

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Compare past and present forms of communication, apparel, technology, and recreation using primary sources in the local community and throughout Alabama.
    • Analyze pictures from the past to the present.
    • Write and speak about individuals and groups that lived in the past compared to those of the present.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • People in Alabama and the local community lived differently from past to present in areas such as communication, apparel, technology, recreation, and primary sources.
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    CR Resource Type

    Interactive/Game

    Resource Provider

    Epic
    Accessibility

    Accessibility

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