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Summary and Objective
After being introduced to household work involved in daily life in early American times through literature and discussion, students will understand the time involved in domestic chores then compared to present day. Students will develop an awareness of the hardships of early life and an appreciatioin of their modern conveniences.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
Pre-activity: read books to class about colonial times and domestic chores. "Sarah Morton's Day" and "Samuel Eaton's Day" by Kate Waters are appropriate books for K-3 students.
Step 2.
Introduce students to items from the collection. Discuss the process used to perform each chore and what skills were required to do the jobs. Discuss why domestic work was done primarily by women and girls.
Step 3.
Have each child find out from their families how many hours per day are spent on domestic work and graph the results.
Step 4.
Have the students make butter by hand using jars and relate this to the amount of time spent using the butter churn.
Step 5.
Post-activity:Have the children estimate how many hours per day was spent on domestic work in early American times. Compare the results.
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