Little SOCIAL STUDIES Thinkers UNIT 2: Then and Now {Kindergarten Social Studies

Little Social Studies Thinkers is a complete curriculum specifically for Kindergarten.  It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your kinder friends.  It is cross-referenced and aligned to the main topics of Kindergarten Social Studies Standards. 

This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones. It contains everything you need to teach a complete unit in a neat, organized package. It's totally teacher friendly and student-approved! 

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Little Social Studies Thinkers FULL YEAR CURRICULUM for KINDERGARTEN

UNIT 2: Then and Now takes kids back a couple hundred years to see what life was like for people similar to the early settlers in the United States. Please note that this unit doesn't specify time frames, specific groups or locations (to follow along with Kindergarten standards). We are really focusing on the concept of time (past-present-future) and what life was like long ago for people who didn't have the things that we have today.

Here are the components of the Unit:

-A complete Teacher Guide

-Text Lists + 7 printable/projectable Books for Read-Alouds

-Step-by-step Lesson Plans (Twelve, 25-minute lesson plans in all)

-Essential Question and Learning Target posters

-Anchor Charts

-Whole group Games and Activities

-Craftivity and Culminating Unit Activity

-Student Workbook that follows each lesson

-Quick Check for every lesson

-Kinder-appropriate Assessment and Rubric for scoring

-Parent Letter

-A COMPLETE unit PowerPoint to guide your teaching during each and every lesson (all visuals, activities and workbook pages are included in the PowerPoint, which can also be uploaded/converted to Google Slides)

Here is an outline of the lessons for UNIT 2:

Lesson 1: PAST, PRESENT, and FUTURE

Lesson 2: PLIFE LONG AGO: FOOD AND CLOTHING

Lesson 3: LIFE LONG AGO: HOMES

Lesson 4: LIFE LONG AGO: TRANSPORTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT

Lesson 5: LIFE LONG AGO CRAFTIVITY

Lesson 6: COOKING AND CHORES LONG AGO

Lesson 7: JOBS AND RESPONSIBILITIES LONG AGO

Lesson 8: GOING TO SCHOOL LONG AGO

Lesson 9: THEN AND NOW

Lesson 10: THEN AND NOW

Lesson 11: UNIT ASSESSMENT

Lesson 12: CULMINATING ACTIVITY

*Please download the preview to see all that is included, including samples of everything!*

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Click below to view additional units:

UNIT 1: Citizenship

UNIT 2: Then and Now

UNIT 3: Holidays Around the World

UNIT 4: My Community

UNIT 5: Our World

K-1 MINI-UNITS:

MINI UNIT A: Pilgrims and Native Americans

MINI UNIT B: America

Thank you!