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Summary and Objective
After viewing and discussing various pictures of historical artifacts, students will predict what they are, how the artifacts were used, and their purposes. Throughout the lesson, the students should generate questions about the functions of the artifacts before making their predications, and they should also explain the significance of each object. Students should be thinking about what time period each object is from and use vocabulary such as decade and century in their explanation. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to correctly identify and explain each object and its purpose in history. Students will understand that women had many chores that needed to be done and used various tools to complete the tasks.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
The students will be put into groups and will receive pictures of the artifacts from the digital collection.
Step 2.
The students will be told to ask themselves questions about each object such as: What is it made of? Who used it? What was it used for? What is it called? What century was it used?
Step 3.
Students should discuss their answers to the questions and record their findings by including time periods (centuries) in their predictions.
Step 4.
Students will share their predictions with the class.
Step 5.
Students will discover if their findings were correct by reading and looking at the various artifacts on the American Centuries website as well as other artifacts on the site.
Step 6.
Students can pick one artifact that they have worked on and write 1-2 paragraphs explaining the artifact's name, purpose, and century from when it was used.
Step 7.
As a follow-up, students could visit their local historical society to see additional historical artifacts.
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