Upper Arlington - Past and Present

Field Trip - Tuesday the 24th

Just a reminder to send in your child's permission slip for our field trip to the Upper Arlington Civic Center. If you need an additional form let me know and i will send another permission slip  home with your child on Monday. 

Your child needs:
-A sack lunch
-Comfortable clothing appropriate for spending time both indoors and out.

If you will be riding the bus, we will leave Wickliffe at 9:15. If you are meeting us at the municipal building our tour begins at  9:30 and will last an hour and a half. This should have us at Miller Park around 11:15 for our picnic lunch.

The remainder of our tour will be driving by King Thompson's home, the first house in Upper Arlington on Bedford Road and the clock and Chef O Nette at Tremont Center.

How Our Community Has Changed Over Time

Today, partner pairs analyzed photographs of Upper Arlington. Half of the photos were current images from Google maps, while the other half were historical photos  of early Upper Arlington taken from U.A Archives.  The pairs were combined into foursomes and asked to compare their photos, noting similarities and differences. Although, it took some conversation and questioning, the children eventually realized the photos were taken of the same places--- simply 90 years earlier in time.

A view looking west on Fifth Avenue and the Pennsylvania Railroad Marble Cliff station.

Present day Fifth Ave and railroad crossing. The entrance to First Community Village in on the right.

Primary sources are integral to helping students with specific skills, such as analysis, comparing sources, persuasive writing, and research. Students generate questions, take and organize notes, find, analyze, and cite sources. 

The Common Core approaches science and social studies with a particular emphasis on literacy. This has several implications for teaching with primary sources. The  new Common Core greatly increases the focus on informational text at all grades. 

Primary sources provide authentic materials for students to practice the skills required by the Social Studies Common Core standards. Encouraging students to grapple with the raw materials of history, such as photographs, newspapers, film, audio files, government documents provides opportunities for them to practice critical thinking, analysis skills and inquiry.