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Summary and Objective
Students will understand that making shoes was originally done in the home and later in “ten footers” by both men and women before the shoe industry really took off around the time of the Civil War and became a major industry in the state of Massachusetts. The children will examine primary documents including pictures of “ten footers”, early factories and pictures of various early shoes.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
Students will talk about their own shoes in small groups, answering questions about how many they have, how expensive they are, how important they are and why.
Step 2.
Students will share their ideas in the large group and further explore how shoes are made.
Step 3.
Students will view pictures of shoes associated with this lesson and compare them to the shoes they wear. They will be asked to notice the straight last, the use of buckles, and evidence of long use by the wearer.
Step 4.
In small groups, the students will read short pieces about the shoe industry including pictures of a "ten-footer" in action and pages from an account book. They will then discuss their answers to questions about the industry as a class as well as the pertinent vocabulary they learned (such as cobbler, cordwainer, last, uppers, etc).
Step 5.
The small groups will share what they learned from their readings with the large class and answer questions from their classmates.
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