Grade 3 Fall History - Local History and Landmarks: The Stories of THIS Place
History · ECO G3 (D2.Eco.1.3-5; D2.Eco.3.3-5; CA HSS 3.3.2; TEKS 3.4.D; NCSS-7; NCSS-8) hist.g3.f.eco.local_industries_then_now

Identify one local industry of the past and one of today

Identify ONE industry that shaped this place in the past (e.g., mill, mine, factory, port, railroad, agriculture, fishing - teacher-localized) and ONE industry that shapes this place today (e.g., healthcare, education, technology, service, agriculture, tourism). Use a then-and-now photograph pair (MG-12) and a 1-paragraph teacher-provided text.

Mastery threshold
80%
Min instances
5
Typical minutes
40
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60
Prereqs
Successors
Common misconceptions
  • Treating the past industry as fully gone (often layered evidence remains: building, place-name, family tradition)
  • Skipping the workers in industry history (who DID the work matters)
  • Generalizing 'industry' to one locality - it must be locality-specific

Exercise pool (2)

Diff Stem Type
3 Draw a then-and-now diptych of one local industry. Past panel: industry, workers, era. Today panel: replacement or descendant industry,... industry diptych
4 For your past industry, identify WHO did the work (e.g., women, immigrants, Black workers, working-class neighbors). Write 1-2 sentences... industry workers voice