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Summary and Objective
By viewing photographs of different time periods, students will understand that there are differences and similarities between children's lives now and in earlier times. Children will discuss these differences and similarities in children's dress, play activities and chores by comparing photos from the past and present.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
Pre-activity: Teacher will enlarge and print children's photos from the PVMA digital collection and from the "History Place" child labor site.
Step 2.
Pre-activity: Children will write letters to their parents and grand-parents asking them to send in photos of their families as children. Suggest that parents and grand-parents send in photos of themselves, parents and grandparents as children and engaged in chidhood acitvities and family outings.
Step 3.
Pre-activity: Teacher will provide photos of class activities taken during the school year. ie--class photo, classroom activities, school parties. Teacher will also provide pictures of class activities taken over her/his years of teaching.
Step 4.
Working in groups, the children will be assigned a category: children's clothing, children at play, children doing chores or at work, children and their families, and children in school. The groups will select photos from the above that fit into their assigned category.
Step 5.
Groups will compare and contrast their photos. They should look for such things as clothing and hair styles, types of games played and toys used,means of travel, and types of chores being done.
Step 6.
Each group will present their findings to the other groups in the classroom.
Step 7.
Following a classroom presentation, the class will invite other classes to the classroom for presentations of their project.
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