Grandfather’s Journey
Grandfather’s Journey
Time and Timeline Lessons
Part 1: Focus: Things were Different in the Past.
-Preview: A story about a Japanese man who visits American and comes to love it as a second home.
*Ask students: For those of you who moved here, how did you get here? How long did it take?
*This story takes place in the past.
*People who came to America back then traveled by ship.
--Japan to America: 3 weeks!
*In the past: People wore different clothes and used different kinds of technology.
-Purpose: Look for these things: Different clothes and technologies.
-Read Book
-Ask students: What kinds of things did you see that were different more than a 100 years ago?
-Reminder: Things like clothes and technology were different in the past.
Part 2: Focus: Order Events by Using a Timeline
-Grandfather’s Journey tells the story of a man’s life. The author showed it by putting it in a book. A person who studies history – a “historian” – could show it by using a special tool called a “timeline.”
*Timelines tell a story by putting events in “chronological order.”
--Start with what happened first, then second
-Steps (demonstrate to students):
1) Draw a line.
2) (Display pictures from book in random order.) Together we’ll put important events that happened to grandfather on the line in chronological order.
*Ask students: Would someone like to put what happened first on the line?
--Do we agree?
*Continue until timeline is complete and pictures are put in order.
-We told the story of Grandfather’s Journey by using a timeline and putting each even in chronological order.
-Most important timeline you can make is the story of your life!
-Homework:
1) Sit down with (parent, grandparent, brother, sister) and list important memories
*Demonstrate
2) Number in chronological order (Put a 1 by the memory that came first…)
3) Write each memory on the lines.
4) Draw a picture or put a picture of each memory.
5) Bring your homework back to share!
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