Add some pizzazz to your classroom this year! This creative resource came about as a special request from a teacher friend. She wanted a way to display a timeline with all her social studies units for the year for her 2nd-grade classroom (CKLA).
As we worked on this unit, other ideas for activities emerged until we ended up with this final resource with 38 photo posters and related timeline activities. I hope you enjoy using it as a learning tool in your classroom too!
The photo posters can be used in many different ways.
Some ideas:
✔ Display them around the classroom in chronological order to refer back to throughout the year
✔ Post them as a bulletin board display for each domain/unit
✔ Display them as you work on each domain then add them to the timeline that circles around the classroom.
✔ Use them to introduce each domain/unit
Timelines can be a confusing concept for younger students. There are several timeline activities included to help students grasp this concept. There are 6 different timeline activity pages, one for each domain, included in this pack. I have included two different versions of each timeline. One is a cut, sort, and glue activity that matches the dates on the photo posters—great as an activity for centers. The other one is a blank timeline so students can write in their own dates and information for important historical events.
There are 38 Photo Posters for the following domains included:
✔ Early Asian Civilizations
✔ Ancient Greek Civilization
✔ American Government: The Constitution
✔ The War of 1812
✔ Westward Expansion
✔ The Civil War
✔ Immigration & Citizenship
✔ Fighting for a Cause (Civil Rights)
This is a companion resource and instructional tool for Core Knowledge Second Grade-Engage NY classrooms.
It includes:
- CKLA Domain 2: Early Asian Civilizations
- CKLA Domain 3: The Ancient Greek Civilization
- CKLA Domain 5: The War of 1812
- CKLA Domain 7: Westward Expansion
- CKLA Domain 9: The U.S. Civil War
- CKLA Domain 11: Immigration
- CKLA Domain 12: Fighting for a Cause.
