Format
1. The program begins with an introduction to activate students' prior knowledge and build background on the history of schooling in early America.
2. Students examine the tools used by the youngest students in early schools to infer information about the values of the society in which they lived.
3. Next the class uses a variety of sources to differentiate the ways in which girls and boys were educated at the time.
4. Students then participate in sample lessons to experience first-hand what and how early American students were taught.
5. The program concludes with a summary comparison of schools today vs. schools long ago.
Objectives
Students will be able to:
1. Identify the different types of education available to children in early America and how they differed from the types of learning that exist today.
2. Explain the purpose of different types of learning tools used by children in early America.
3. Compare their daily lives to those of children in colonial America.
Standards Alignment
National Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.3.RI.1 -- Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.3.RI.2 -- Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.3.SL.1 -- Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.3.SL.2 -- Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.3.SL.3 -- Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.4.RI.1 -- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.4.RI.2 -- Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.4.SL.1 -- Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.4.SL.2 -- Paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.4.SL.3 -- Identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.5.RI.1 -- Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.5.RI.2 -- Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.5.SL.1 -- Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.5.SL.2 -- Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.5.SL.3 -- Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence.
State Standards
Connecticut Elementary and Secondary Social Studies Frameworks
HIST 3.2 Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.
HIST 3.4 Explain connections among historical contexts and people’s perspectives at the time.
HIST 3.7 Compare information provided by different historical sources about the past.
ECO 3.3 Explain why individuals and businesses specialize and trade.
HIST 4.1 Explain connections among historical contexts and people’s perspectives at the time.
HIST 4.3 Use evidence to develop a claim about the past.
HIST 5.2 Compare life in specific historical periods to life today.
HIST 5.5 Explain connections among historical contexts and people’s perspectives at the time.
HIST 5.6 Compare information provided by different historical sources about the past.
HIST 5.10 Use evidence to develop a claim about the past.
ECO 5.3 Explain why individuals and businesses specialize and trade.