Big Idea: What was life like in the past?

Make a Transportation Invention

  California Standard 1.4 Students compare and contrast everyday life in different times and places around the world and recognize that some aspects of people, places, and things change over time while others stay the same.

Materials: Crayon or markers, glue, pen or pencil, scissors, printout of inventions

 

1. Click on the arrows to find different types of inventions you can make.
 
 

2. Print the pages you like.

 
 

3. Color the parts you want to include in your invention.

 
 

4. Cut out the parts you colored. Glue the parts together.

 
 

5. Name your invention and write a sentence telling what your invention is for. How does your invention make the world a better place?
 

 
 

All About the Past

See what happened on the first Thanksgiving. Click on the word "here!"

Going to School

Find pictures of one room schools. Draw a picture of your classroom. How is it different?

Transportation Then and Now

Click on one of these games. Make a list of different types of transportation.

Discover History

Meet famous Americans. Click on one of the links to the left.