Primary


 * **21st Century Skills & Technology Integration Ideas for the Primary Grades **

**Standards:** 1.1 Students will demonstrate an understanding that history relates to events and people of other times and places. 1.2 Students will compare and contrast the past and present contributions of cultures to school & family. 1.3 Students will compare the relative location of people, places, & things. 1.4 Students will recognize that climate, location and physical surroundings affect the lives of people. 1.5 Students will identify uses of technology such as transportation and communication 1.6 Students will identify basic economic concepts 1.7 Students will explain how families and individuals earn spend and save 1.8 Students will recognize good citizenship and its importance 1.9 Students will identify patriotic symbols and actions ** ﻿ ** **Technology Integration/Digital Literacy Ideas to assist with the indicators above**:  
 * Timeliner
 * Voki for creating an audio file for Johnny Appleseed, Betsy Ross, etc.
 * Smart Board Timeline Example
 * Venn Diagram: Smart Board Example, On-Line Example, Paper Copy Example
 * Calendar Creator, calendar on the Smart Board,
 * Sequencing, putting things in order
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">People and events of commemorative holidays
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Life in different countries-- "What the World Eats" from Time Magazine This web site from Time Magazine provides pictures from the book "Hungry Planet" and provides a visual of a family from the countries of Egypt, Japan, Italy, Chad, Kuwait, Mexico, China, Poland, Bhutan, Ecuador, Mongolia, Great Britain and others along with the food that they eat in one week and the cost of the food in both the native currency and in US dollars.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Change over time--site, sequencing, etc.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Story Book on-line (Biographies?)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Pictures from the past
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Letters from the past
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Smart Board sample of how people change over time, Quizlet examples of change
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Check StarFall for examples