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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 13 of 13

Clues from the Past

Old photos, letters and life long ago

What your child practices

What a primary source is (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, maps and art), and comparing homes, schools, jobs, travel and technology long ago and today.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: K.11 · identifying primary sources and comparing daily life in the past and present

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Old things give us clues about long ago.
  2. Old photos, letters and diaries are clues.
  3. Long ago, people got water from wells.

Example: Which is a clue from the past: an old photo or a new toy? An old photo shows people long ago. That makes it a clue from the past. Answer: an old photo

Clues from the Past in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 13 of 13 in Kindergarten Social Studies, after Near, Far & Maps.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    A diary is a book where someone writes about…

    • nothing
    • only animals
    • their own day
    • a made-up planet

  2. Question 2

    A painting made long ago can show…

    • what you will wear
    • a video
    • your phone
    • how people dressed then

  3. Question 3

    Which is from today, not long ago?

    • a tablet computer
    • a horse and buggy
    • an oil lamp
    • a butter churn

  4. Question 4

    Today many people send messages by…

    • carrier pigeon
    • drum
    • only smoke signals
    • phone or computer

  5. Question 5

    Long ago, many families got water from a…

    • well
    • faucet in every room
    • bottle store
    • vending machine

  6. Question 6

    A museum is a place where we can see…

    • only movies
    • only new cars
    • things from the past
    • only food

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