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Grade Level: 2nd

Unit: Then & Now (Inventions)

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(authentic assessment)

Students will be able to create their own inventions. This could be a new sport, a new type of technology, or new product of some sort.

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WEEK 1
Day 1: Introduction to Inventions
Day 2: Past - Transportation
Day 3: Past - Communication
Day 4: Past - People (dress)
Day 5: Past - Everyday Needs

WEEK 2
Day 6: Comparing themselves with how they have changed over time
Day 7: Present - Transportation
Day 8: Present - Communication
Day 9: Present - People (dress)
Day 10: Present - Everyday Needs (electricity/oil)

WEEK 3
Day 11: Venn diagrams and comparing past and present inventions
Day 12: Work Day
Day 13: Work Day
Day 14: Presentations
Day 15: Presentations

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- Play Kid President Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75okexRzWMk

- Read the book: So You Want to Be an Inventor by Judith St. George

- Discuss what it means to invent something

- Touch on why inventions are important

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- Brainstorm different types of transportation in small groups
- Share out examples and have students try to place them in order of when they were invented
- Watch video on types of transportation throughout history https://youtu.be/FaLCQo8NJFA
- Focus learning on 3 types of old transportation

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- First discuss the definition of communication

- Watch video of brief history of communication:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4asn3cjOi9k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ay2Qy3wBe8

- Have communications items picked out and have the class place them on a timeline

- Discuss each item on the timeline

- Students will create paper cup phones to talk with students

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- First, discuss how clothing over time has changed and discuss the how clothing works in a cycle.
- In class, students will get together in a circle and talk about why they think clothing trends change.
- We will find clothes at Goodwill, Walmart etc. that represents different decades of clothing and then have the students “try on” the clothes, over their clothes and tell the rest of the class about their era of clothing.
- They will then use a venn diagram to fill out information about different time periods.

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- Focus on what life was like before electricity
- Read the story: “You Wouldn’t Want to Live without Electricity”
- Have the students brainstorm what things in their lives would be different or impossible if we did not have electricity

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- Students will be asked to bring a picture of themselves as a baby or young child
- In class, students will be taking a picture of their current self
- They will make a comparison of them as a child verse them now
- They can make this in any form of graphic organizer or writing that they choose
- Students will present their comparisons with another classmate
- Tie this into learning about the current types of inventions we will be learning about this week

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- Focus on current types of transportation
- Have students split into groups, pick a form of transportation, and do research
- Students will present to the class what they have learned about their mode of transportation and the strengths/weaknesses of it

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- Ask students to name current types of communication and list them on the whiteboard

- Focus on how we communicate with technology, how everything is quick now

- Talk about the harms of cyberbullying and making sure when we communicate we do it respectfully

- Do activity where you students are in pairs and one is blindfolded, the other student has to lead them around the classroom. This shows the importance of our communication skills.

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- We will have the students get in a circle and discuss the current clothing trends. - We will then have them go back and work in groups of four and they will tell the rest of the class about a current trend
- Project: These same groups of 4-5 will come up with a “new trend”. It could be a certain kind of watch or a piece of clothing to be example. The students will make a presentation about their new trend.

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- Have the students get out the sheet of paper where they brainstormed the things that would not be possible without electricity

- Place the students into groups and have them research how the things that they said would not be possible (the iPhone, their video games, etc.) came into invention

- Have each group select something that has made an impact in their lives and make a quick presentation about how the idea came about and what impact it has made on society in general and also their lives

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- We will be using venn diagrams to focus on comparing and contrasting present and past  transportation, communication, dress, and everyday needs
- We will also find the similarities and discuss the importance of each

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Project work day

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Project presentations