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Summary and Objective
As part of a unit on clothing in Colonial America, children will be able to compare clothing then and now, and be able to discuss the need for and uses of various articles of clothing. The pocket will be used as an example. The children will understand that early pockets were not built into the clothing of females as they are today, and that if there was a need for a pocket, women and children had to make one. Each child will make a pocket in an effort to learn of the work and satisfaction that comes with being self-reliant.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
Children will look at clothing from the Colonial Period in the "dress-up" activity of the digital collection on the American Centuries website, and in various books.
Step 2.
Teacher and students will discuss why people need pockets, what they carry in them, what people in the Colonial period might have carried in them, and what people carry in them now.
Step 3.
Using the digital pictures as a guide, the teacher will make a pattern to use for making a pocket.
Step 4.
After examining the two pictures carefully and discussing them in detail, each child will choose cloth from selected material (or bring a piece of fabric from home), and trace a pocket pattern on it twice.
Step 5.
Children will cut out the pocket pieces, following the lines they have traced. On one of the pieces they will cut a slit down the center about a third of the length (large enough for the children to put their hands in). They will then put both pieces right sides together. An adult will help them pin the pieces together.
Step 6.
With supervision or help from an adult, children will do a running stitch around the body of the pocket, leaving the top open.
Step 7.
With help from an adult, children will hem the top of the pocket and run a drawstring through it. They will turn the pocket rightside out, tie around waist, and add valuables. Teacher and children will discuss the time and effort it took to sew the pocket and how it feels to have made it.
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