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Summary and Objective
By looking at pictures from the past and comparing what they currently do for play, students will understand that children in the past and children today often play in similar ways. Students will discuss the similarities and differences in toys and child’s play.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
Pre-activity: The students will brainstorm what they think children 100-150 years ago did for fun inside and outside. The teacher will write these ideas down on chart paper.
Step 2.
Pre-activity: Teacher will show several websites depicting toys from 100-150 ago. Class will add to the chart they had previously created.
Step 3.
Pre-activity: Teacher will ask the students what they play with inside and outside. The teacher will write these ideas down on chart paper. (These will be compared in step 4)
Step 4.
Show enlarged printed copies of images at the left from the Digital Collection depicting outside play, toys, and games from 100-150 years ago. Discuss how these things compare to the brainstorming list the class had created. Teacher will add ideas like hopscotch, wall ball, 4 square, jump roping, and Simon Says.
Step 5.
Have the students create a simple ven diagram of the similarities and differences in play from 100-150 years ago and now using the two brainstorming charts done earlier and looking back at the primary sources.
Step 6.
Students will have to brainstorm and guess about some games from the past, such as tag, hopscotch, ball games, and others. Think about what the similarities are in inside and outside play.
Teacher will ask: What are some outside games we play today that were played 100 years ago? What toys do you have or have you seen that were played with 100 years ago?
Step 7.
Post-activity: Ask the students if they had lived 100 years ago, what would they have played with? Could they play what was played 100 years ago, now? Would they have wanted to have lived 100 years ago? Why or why not? What is different in our world today?
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