This paper is a sample lesson for teaching elementary level history. The paper covers the concept of time. The concept of time is an essential part of any elementary history curriculum. It is imperative that students in order for them to associate the relative importance of any given time period throughout history grasp the concept of time. One of the best ways to teach time to elementary students is to allow them to perceive time as a unit of measurement and to associate history to the actual “living” of life. Too often history is viewed as a “dead” subject. In order to teach the life of history, one must teach the lives of the people that lived that history. The lessons should have a focus on the fundamental needs of the particular people from the particular time period in order for the students to grasp important information about the daily lives of the people in question. A potential lesson designed around the Roman people at the height of the empire follows.
