Activity One: Grades 2–5
Teacher Preparation: View website prior to lesson.
Time required: 30–45 minutes
Materials: a story about Rip Van Winkle (Check your library for a picture book, or read the story at www.englishpractice.b-books.cz/easyreading/easyreading19_cz.php.
Lesson:
- Read the story.
- After reading the story, discuss the fact that all communities have histories.
- Ask the following questions:
- What happened when Rip Van Winkle napped?
- What changes did Rip Van Winkle find when he woke from his twenty-year nap?
- What has changed in our community since you were in first grade?
- What are some of the causes of these changes?