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Summary and Objective
Using pictures and information about past and present kitchen utensils, children will understand that objects can be examined to compare change and continuity in home life.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
View pictures of kitchen utensils (without accompanying information) on the digital collection of the PVMA American Centuries web site and from reference books. Have children brainstorm what they think the utensils were used for.
Step 2.
Each child will take home a picture from Step 1 for a family homework assignment. Together, they will try to answer these questions: What is the object? How was it used? What has replaced it today?
Step 3.
With teacher assistance, the children will view the item, with accompanying information, on the PVMA American Centuries web site and in the reference books used in Step 1, to see how accurate their guesses were.
Step 4.
The students will work in groups to find modern-day utensils in catalogues and magazines comparable to the ones viewed in the earlier steps. Each group will be assigned to find certain utensils.
Step 5.
The groups will display their matched items on a poster and place their items on a timeline. They will prepare a class presentation of their findings.
Step 6.
Post-activity: Working with their families, the children will look for the ?oldest? kitchen utensil in their home. They will find out what it is, where it came from, and what it is/was used for. When possible, the children will bring in their found object for ?Sharing Time.?
Step 7.
Post-activity: The class will visit a local historical museum to see cooking utensils in its collection. The children will see how many they can find from the activities above.
Step 8.
Post-activity: The class will prepare a recipe from "Hasty Pudding, Johnnycakes, and Other Good Stuff" by Loretta Frances Ichord or "The Colonial Cook: Cooking in Colonial America" by Bobbie Kalman. They will discuss the utensils that would have been used in Colonial times.
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