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Fabrication Lesson Design Long Ago and Today Grade 1 Bonnie Podraza, Peggy Riso, Leslie Gibson
 * Lesson Designers:**

Long Ago and Today
 * Title:**

History: 1.1; 1.4; 1.5; Math: 1.12; 1.13 Visual Arts: 1.3; 1.5; 1.8; 1.9; 1.10
 * SOL’s:**


 * Engineering Habits of Mind:**
 * Systems Thinking:** allows students to apply technology to their present day world
 * Creativity:** inherent in the engineering design process
 * Collaboration:** perspectives, knowledge and capabilities of teammates to address a design challenge
 * Communication:** Understand and explain the final design solution

Students create a town from long ago and the town they live in today. They will create a map for each town. Students will compare the similarities and differences between the towns.
 * Description:**

First Grade: Social Studies/Math/Visual Arts
 * Grade Level/Content Area:**

Change, Culture, Design
 * Concepts:**

Everyday life changes in different places and times Past, present and future times are different Symbols and cardinal directions are used to determine where objects and places are located A map is a visual representation of a place that shows what it looks like from above The community map is a 3-D representation of the past and present
 * Understandings:**

I can use Community Construction software to create a building from long ago and a building from today I can compare and contrast how a community has changed over time I can explain how geometric shapes are a part of my community I can use a map to show and explain the a community from long ago and today town
 * Learning Targets:**

Provide students with background knowledge: Instruct students on similarities and differences of past and present in regards to family life, transportation, communities Instruct students on map skills: cardinal direction, map legend (key) Instruct students on map symbols (land, water etc.)
 * Process and Procedures:**
 * Prior to project:**

Using the above prior knowledge create a house that you would have seen in a community from long ago. Have children draw and design on paper a house they would have lived in long ago. Review different types of materials their home would have been made from. Introduce the students to the Community Construction software. Have them practice and play around with this software to become familiar with what they are able to create. Students create a home they may have lived in long ago. To create the home, have students use graphics from the library in Community Construction kit or a teacher created folder that has a variety of sidings relative to long ago (log siding, rock, etc.). Students will then print and fabricate their house. Have students fold and assemble their house. Use glue to hold it together.

Working with students, create a map that will accommodate the houses in your long ago classroom community. Have students include in the map a legend, symbols to identify land, water, houses, roads and cardinal directions. Students will arrange their houses on their map and add landscape (forests, rivers, ponds etc.) Have students work in small groups to reflect and interpret their long ago community map. Follow up with a classroom discussion.

Discuss with class how towns of today are different from long ago. Include differences in family life, transportation, houses, businesses and landscape. Students will draw a picture of their own house and use the Community Construction software to design and create their home. Students use graphics from the library in Community Construction kit or a teacher created folder that has a variety of sidings relative to present day. Students will then print and fabricate their house. Have students fold and assemble their house. Use glue to hold it together.

Brainstorm and list present day businesses that children are familiar with in Charlottesville. Based on this list, have students choose one business to create with the Community Construction software. Students will then print and fabricate their business. Have students fold and assemble their business. Use glue to hold it together. Working with students, create a map that will accommodate their houses and businesses in the present day classroom community. Have students include in the map a legend, symbols to identify land, water, houses, businesses, roads and cardinal directions. Students will arrange their houses on their map and add landscape (forests, rivers, ponds etc.) Have students work in small groups to reflect and interpret their present day community map. Follow up with a classroom discussion.

To tie the two community activities together:

Venn diagram Lists Drawings Partners writing letter, to each other, one from the perspective of life today and the other from the perspective of life long ago Performing a skit Other

Community Construction Software Silhouette Printer Card stock Art materials to build the maps
 * Materials:**

(Pre: to be done prior to any teaching of the past and present or map skills) (Post: to be done at the end of the unit)
 * Pre/Post-Assessment:**

1. Have each student draw a picture of a picture from long ago and a picture from today. Include in your picture a building, transportation and person. Write one or two sentences to describe how they are the different and one or two sentences to describe how they are the same.

2. Use a map to show understanding of cardinal directions, symbols and a map legend. Give students specific objects to color and glue on the map based on their understanding of land, water, cities and roads.