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How is our life different from those who lived in the past and how is it the same?

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Think

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An additional thinking activity is to watch/listen to this news clip from March 2020 on school closures.

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Think about how historians 100 years from now will study what school is like during this COVID-19 time period.

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Ask yourself these questions:

• How has my life changed because of COVID-19?
• How are others in my community affected by COVID-19?
• What does my learning environment look like?

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Explore

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An additional exploration activity is to do this matching game on the history of schools.

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Let’s explore three images of classrooms about 100 years ago. Historical setting describes where and when something took place.

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For each image, ask yourself these historical setting questions:

• Who:
• Who is in this picture?
• What are they wearing?
• How do you think they are connected to each other?
• What:
• What objects do you see?
• What activities do you see?
• Where:
• What’s in the background?
• Is this inside or outside?
• When:
• What time of day do you think it is?
• What season could it be?

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Do

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An alternate activity is to take short videos and document historical information here.

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Think about how each classroom picture added to your understanding of historical setting. How is our life different from those who lived in the past and how is it the same?

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Your challenge is to take or draw one picture that historians 100 years from now can use to study the historical setting of school during this COVID-19 time period. Document your picture and its historical information using the template found here.

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