2nd Grade Social Studies-Communities Over Time

How did students go to and from school hundreds of years ago?

• by horse or walked

• rode their bike

• car

What did most schools in the past, have in the middle of their classroom?

• a candle

• a stove

• a space heater

How has your community changed over time?

• there's more land

• it's still the same

• there are a lot of houses and buildings that were built

How are schools different today?

• Classroom teachers teach only one grade at our school.

• Children dress up every day to go to school.

• They have a stove in the middle of the classroom.

How has technology changed over time?

• Technology is always changing and information can be sent and received quickly.

• Technology is much slower than it used to be.

• It hasn't changed at all.

True or false: Children used to dress up to go to school in the past.

• true

• false

What is a timeline?

• A timeline shows every single event of someone's life.

• A timeline shows important events that happened in someone's life.

• A timeline shows five events.

What is the first event you would normally find on a timeline?

• when someone was born

• when someone began school

• when someone went to bed

Why are phones better now then they used to be?

• They're only kept inside the house.

• They have a chord.

• You can bring a phone everywhere.

What invention do you think has changed the most over time?

• a television

• a mobile phone

• a washer machine

• a refrigerator