K-2 Past and Present

To reserve the kit for classroom use, complete the online reservation form, the submitted form will be sent to director@montgomerymuseum.org.

Lesson plans are now digital and available on-line through the museum website.  Most activities have been re-envisioned in digital format and can be accessed without the physical kit.  Some activities are only available with the kit.

Click for digital lesson plans – Teacher Lesson Plans

After using this kit, please complete a Teacher Evaluation form.

The K-2 Past and Present kit focuses on the concepts of past and present.

Students will:

• identify artifacts and their uses
• investigate artifacts and decide whether they were used in the past or the present
• sort images into the categories “past” and “present”
• play a matching game in which they match past and present items with the same purpose
• sequence photographs of types of communication and transportation
• discuss occupations from the past and how they are similar and different in the present
• read books about communication, transportation, schools and technology then and now

The chest contains all materials needed to complete the lessons including:  lesson plans, artifacts, books, worksheets, photographs and more.