My world and community
Map My Classroom
Draw a bird’s-eye map of your classroom with a key and a compass rose.
Thinking sheet · My world and community
School Long Ago and Today
Compare school 100 years ago with school today: desks, lessons, lunches and recess.
- Grades
- 1–5
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Kids practice
- history, comparing, change over time
What kids do
“What was school like long ago? How is it the same and different?”
- School long ago
- School today
- Compare
- One thing I would bring back from long ago:
How to run it
- Show old photos of classrooms: slates, inkwells, one-room schools.
- Ask grandparents what their school was like.
- Talk about what changed and why.
Talk about it
- What would you miss from today?
- Why did schools change?
- What will school be like in 100 years?
Take it further
Draw school 100 years in the future.
Pairs well with
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Me on the Map
Zoom out from your street to your town, your country, your continent and the whole planet.
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Who Helps Our Town?
Draw six community helpers at work and write how each one keeps the town running.
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When I Grow Up
Draw yourself at a job you might love, with the uniform, tools and workplace.
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