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Better Lesson: Comparing and Contrasting With "Then and Now" Lesson PlanBetter Lesson: Comparing and Contrasting With "Then and Now" Lesson Plan
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Better Lesson
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K - 1st
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Social Studies & History
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Better Lesson: Comparing and Contrasting With "Then and Now"

Curated by ACT

This lesson is a great small group reading lesson that has a social studies connection. In this lesson, students will be comparing and contrasting schools from long ago and schools of today using informational texts. Included are printables to make a book and a bubble map. Examples of student work are also provided.

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CCSS: Adaptable

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betterlesson, betterlesson: comparing and contrasting with "then and now", bubble map, informational text, oh.ela-literacy.ri.1.3 describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text., then and now, chronological relationships and patterns, informational text about history

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

Common Core

RI.K.3 RI.K.9 RI.1.9 RI.2.9 RL.2.9 RI.1.7 RI.1.6 RI.1.3

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