Young Yorkers Leaflet: Postcards — Windows on Your Community’s Past

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Teacher Edition, Page 1		 Description: Students learn how postcards of their local community can provide an immediate comparison between the area they know today, and how it appeared thirty, forty or fifty years ago.

Learning Goals:

  • Encourage examination of the surrounding community through a readily available resource
  • Use pictorial documents as resources to learn about a community’s history
  • Develop observation and recording skills

Number of pages: 10 (teacher edition – 5; student edition – 5)

PDF files available for download:

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Student Edition, Page 1
 
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