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Summary and Objective
Students will understand that the children of the Colonial and Expansion Periods used toys typical of that era. As part of their study, students will gain a deeper understanding of the lives of the children from that time period through the types of toys used. They will examine artifacts from that era and compare and contrast them.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
Unit Launch: Students will generate a KWL Chart [what they know, what they want to know] about the Colonial and Expansion Periods.
Step 2.
Students will be introduced to the 1700s and 1800s through Interactive Read-Alouds and Guided Reading Groups. If You Lived in Colonial Times by Ann McGovern, Samuel Eaton's Day, by Kate Waters, and Sarah Morton's Day, by Kate Waters, will be read.
Step 3.
Students will work in pairs to analyze and discuss toys from the Colonial and Expansion Periods attached to this activity. Students will make a list of toys they use today.
Step 4.
Students will then create a Venn Diagram to compare their toys to those of the Colonial and Expansion Periods. They will be prepared to share their findings with the whole group. They will focus on key questions. 1. How are the toys the same? 2. How are the toys different? 3. Do you think this toy would be played with inside or outside? Why? 4. Do you think this toy would be played with by a boy or a girl? Why? 5. Students will then reflect on the lives of children then and now and prepare to discuss how the toys are refelective of the times.
Step 5.
Students will share their findings to the whole group for further discussion.
Step 6.
Students will use their Venn diagrams as Graphic Organizers to write a compare and contrast piece. Compare and contrast vocabulary will be utilized.
Step 7.
As a hands-on extension activity, students will be able to create corn husk dolls per the MIKids website directions.
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