Then and Now - PowerPoint Lesson Plan

Assignment: Students create a PowerPoint / Google Slides / Keynote presentation to compare objects they use now, to objects their parents or grandparents used in the past to do the same things. Students search for clipart in PowerPoint to show two objects their parents or grandparents used in daily life. Students describe what each object is and what it is used for (listening to music, making a phone call, etc.).

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Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.7 Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.2.A

Title Slide - Then and Now

Students add a title "Then and Now". Students add their name.

Slide 2 - Then

Students add a title "Then". Students add clipart to show two objects their parents or grandparents used in their daily life. Students describe what each object is and what it was used for.

Slide 3 - Now

Students add a title "Now". Students add clipart to show two objects they use now that are used for same purposes as the objects their parents or grandparents used then. Students describe what each object is and what it is used for.

Student Instructions