UNIT:
Grades K-2

Lesson: 7

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Text Title

Two pictures from the early 1900s

Main Idea

Now that students have an idea of what a community is, they are going to take a look at what a particular community looked like during the early 1900s. Scholars will look and compare how communities might look different today.

Essential Question

The unit essential questions developed through this lesson are…

  • What makes up a community?
  • How can I contribute to my community?

Content Objective

By engaging in this lesson, students will know/understand that…

  • Pictures with captions can deepen our understanding about a topic

Literacy Objective

By engaging in this lesson, students will strengthen their ability to…

  • Use the picture and the text, through think-aloud, to understand the main idea of the text.

Standards Alignment

  • Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or
    digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. (2.RI.2.7)