Unit 1: Change Over Time

3.H.2 - Use historical thinking skills to understand the context of events, people, places.

• 3.H.2.1 - Explain change over time through historical narratives (events, people, and places)
• 3.H.2.2 - Explain how multiple perspectives are portrayed through historical narratives

Unpacking document Links to an external site.

Ideas

• Introduction/Hook Ideas
• YouTube Video
• How Things Change Activity from Scholastic Links to an external site.
• Guest Speakers
• Grandparent
• Long-time Greenville/Pitt County native

*Images to use are saved in Files > Change Images

Pacing

• Day 1:  Pre-assessment via KWLHQ, watch introduction video
• Day 2:  Think like a historian
• Day 3:  Introduce Interview Project; Primary vs. Secondary Sources
• Day 4:  Point of View/Multiple Perspectives
• Day 5:  Exploring Historical Narratives

Cross-Curricular Connections

Reading:  Primary source diary entry from a plantation owner Links to an external site. as compared to an editorial from an abolitionist publication Links to an external site..

Science:  climate change