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How can a city change over 100 years?
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How can a city change over 100 years?
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DISCUSS:

How did people get around Broadway in 1965? What kinds of transportation did you see?

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What was Broadway like in 1896?

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How has this street changed over time? How has it stayed the same?

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First let’s look at New Orleans, Louisiana. This is a video of the city.
I’ll put a star on it so we can remember it. Watch the video closely.
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This is another video of the same place, New Orleans, in a
DIFFERENT time. I’ll put a triangle on it so we can remember it.
Watch the video closely.
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If you think the video with the TRIANGLE was taken BEFORE
the video with the STAR, point to the left. If you think the video
with the TRIANGLE was taken AFTER the video with the STAR,
point to the right.
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Discuss:
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Here’s the answer. The video with the triangle was taken
BEFORE the video with the star.
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Try another video of the same place! I’ll label this one with a
circle to remember it. Watch the video closely.
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If you think the video with the CIRCLE was taken BEFORE the
other two videos, point left. If you think the video was taken
AFTER the others, point right. If you think the video was taken
BETWEEN the other two, point up.
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Discuss:
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Here’s the answer. The video with a CIRCLE was taken
AFTER the other two.
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You’ll work with a partner.
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Get these supplies.
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Cut on the dotted lines to cut out the photos. These are photos
of the SAME house on the SAME street, in 3 different times.
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Compare your photos. You can see them in color on screen if
that helps you notice details. If you like you can circle things
that look DIFFERENT.
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Put these in order from old to new, or PAST to PRESENT,
with oldest to the left, and newest to the right.
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Share with everyone the ORDER that you put the photos in.
Make that shape of which photo you put as first, second, and third.
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Discuss as a class:
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Discuss:
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After the lesson, you can extend your student's learning by exploring these other resources with historic visual imagery!

*Click here for before and after photos of major US cities.

*Click here for an interactive map with historical photos from every US state and around the world. Zoom into any location then scroll down to see photos of that place. The photographs sometimes include towns, buildings, and portraits of people showing historic clothing.

*Click here for transportation from around the world with historic photos from the Library of Congress.

*Click here for school buses from around the world from NARA.

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Grades K-5

Current Events And Trending Topics

Social Studies

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To use alternate supplies, go to the previous version.
In this lesson, students will use images from the past to gather evidence of how places change over time. In the activity, Places Across Time, students will use visual evidence from a set of images to determine the order in which the images were taken.

After the lesson, you can extend your student's learning by exploring these other resources with historic visual imagery!

*Click here for before and after photos of major US cities.

*Click here for an interactive map with historical photos from every US state and around the world. Zoom into any location then scroll down to see photos of that place. The photographs sometimes include towns, buildings, and portraits of people showing historic clothing.

*Click here for transportation from around the world with historic photos from the Library of Congress.

*Click here for school buses from around the world.
Preview activity
Social Studies Prototype Worksheet printout Print 15 copies
Scissors
15
Prep Instructions

Print one worksheet for each group of students that will be working together. We recommend that students work in pairs.

Gather one pair of scissors for each group.

Exploration

8 mins

Hands-On Activity

15 mins

Wrap-Up

2 mins

Grades K-5

Current Events And Trending Topics

Social Studies

1 review
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