Social+Studies,+Community+Changes+2.3

=Today we enjoy computers, Internet, cars, high speed trains that run with magnets, and big cities. In the past, there were horse and buggy, farms and small towns, and your mail traveled by horseback! We will be focusing on the ways that transportation, housing, and communities have changed over time.=

="The Little House" by Virginia Burton (adapted by Disney)= ==*This story illustrates how change happens over time (sometimes good and sometimes bad!) with the story of the house. At first, it starts in a rural area, but then, as the city grows closer, she finds herself more and more surrounded by "progress."== media type="youtube" key="Y881yjtFluQ" height="344" width="425"

*Student created :Photostories" about the difference between the past and the present using public domain photos.
media type="file" key="past and present by raelyn olivia.wmv" width="300" height="300" media type="file" key="Past and Present PhotoStory by Matthew.wmv" width="300" height="300"

=Voice Thread Discussion About "The Little House"= media type="custom" key="5120757"

Big Apple History: Explore the history of New York from when it was "New Amsterdam" to present day!
Travel Back in Time and Become an Immigrant! This site lets you go back to arriving in 1916 as an immigrant and "living" the life you might lead.

Build a Community: This site lets you distinguish the difference between types of neighborhoods and communities by adding items to the picture.
====Rural, Urban, and Suburban: This Brain Pop Jr. video and activity explains the difference between these types of neighborhoods.====