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Summary and Objective
Students will understand that there are differences between the classrooms of long ago and the classrooms of today. After viewing a variety of items from schools of the past, students will be able to compare and contrast the items in the digital collection with what they have in their own classroom. The students will also be able to describe why or why not the item from the classroom is still in use.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
The students will observe and list items that appear in their own classroom and discuss the function of each item.
Step 2.
Record the students' ideas on a chart, discuss different ways to sort the items listed.
Step 3.
The students will view various items from schools of the past from the PVMA website.
Examples:
"On the way to school." This image shows that children used to go to school by horse and wagon.
The inkwell shows a writing implement from the 1700s and 1800s.
The new england primer shows a book from the past.
Pictures of schools and students show that classes were much smaller and the buildings were often one room classrooms.
The checkerboard shows toys that children played with in the past, however schools were very rigid and games like these would only be played during recess or after school.
Step 4.
The students will compare the school items with what is used today and discuss the similarities and differences. Are the items still in use today? A graphic organizer or a venn diagram could be used for this part of the activity.
Step 5.
Review the chart of school items of today and ask children to add the school items of the past to the list. Do the items of the past fit into the categories that they developed, or do new categories need to be created?
Step 6.
The students will discuss why certain types of items are still in use today and how they have changed.
Step 7.
As an extended activity, students could draw a picture of one of the school items from the past, and give an oral report about how schools have changed.
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