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How Things Change Over Time

Historical Thinking: Then and Now

Day 131of 180
Week 27of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that daily life changes over time

2

Recognize differences between past and present

3

Appreciate how God's love remains constant

📖 Scripture Connection

Ecclesiastes 3:1

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.”

— Ecclesiastes 3:1 (WEB)

Shows that change is a natural part of God's design

📦 Materials Needed

  • Old family photos
  • Modern family photos
  • Large poster board
  • Colored markers
  • Scissors
  • Glue
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Gather students in a circle and show an old family photo. Ask what looks different from today.

💭 Review Question: Can you spot something in this picture that looks different from today?
2Teaching (10 min)

Explain how things change over time - clothing, technology, transportation - but God's love remains the same.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • People dressed differently in the past
  • Toys and games have changed
  • Technology looks very different now
  • God's love never changes
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do you think your grandparents' lives were like?
  • How is life different now?
  • What things stay the same in families?
3Activity: Then and Now Poster (7 min)
hands-on

Create a class poster showing changes over time

📝 Instructions:
  1. Divide poster into 'Then' and 'Now' sections
  2. Cut out pictures showing past and present
  3. Glue pictures in correct sections
  4. Draw lines showing how things have changed
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Teacher helps with cutting and gluing

Challenge: Students research and find their own pictures

4Closing (3 min)

Review how things change, but God's love is constant

📝 Review Questions:
  • What changed in our pictures?
  • What stayed the same?
  • How does God's love never change?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You that while the world changes, Your love for us stays the same. Amen.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about how people traveled in the past

💎 Memory Verse

Hebrews 13:8

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”

— Hebrews 13:8 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Make a paper chain with verse words

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Children are beginning to understand historical change

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use family photos if possible
  • Encourage curiosity about the past
  • Connect changes to God's consistent love
🤔 Common Struggles:

May find it hard to imagine life without current technology

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Understanding that change is normal and God is constant

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Interview grandparents about their childhood
  • Create a family timeline
  • Draw pictures of how life might look in the future

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