What Did They Do Back Then? 8 Week Class Volume 1

This class will take students on a journey to the past to see how the world has changed. Each week students will compare different activities that were done in past to how they are done in modern day. Each week we will move further along in history towards the present day. Students will experience how life was like and how it has changed through games, crafts, and other activities. We will cover a wide variety of time periods and subjects from Ancient times to the 20th century. Class will begin with a brief introduction of activities and history behind them. Below is a description of each week's class and the topics covered a long with any required supplies. There may be additional optional supplies both lists will be posted in the classroom before that week's class.

Week 1:
Topic: Bartering/Shopping in the Ancient Marketplace
Era: Ancient to Present Day
Comparing: Shopping
Activity: Trading items of equal value
Supplies: 5 or more random items to "trade" with other learners and teacher

Week 2:
Topic: Paying a proper call 
Era: 1800s to early 1900s
Comparing: Visiting friends
Activity: Making calling cards and pretending to pay a call
Supplies: Small blank piece of paper, about the size of a 3x5 card, stickers, colored pencils, markers, etc.

Week 3:
Topic: Sewing for a cause
Era: 1830s to 1860s
Comparing: Raising awareness of issues
Activities: Making crafts related to a cause
Supplies: Paper, colored pencils, markers, stickers, etc.

Week 4:
Topic: One Room School Houses
Era: 1850s to early 1900s
Comparing: Schools and Learning
Activities: Reading from MacGuffy Reader and practicing penmanship
Supplies: Paper and pencil or small white board and marker

Week 5: 
Topic: Dinners during Victorian times
Era: 1860s to early 1900s
Comparing: Dinning
Activity: Setting the table and talking about food served
Supplies: 1 Normal plate, 1 Soup Bowl, 1 small plate, 2 glasses, 1 coffee/tea cup and saucer, 5 forks (preferably of different sizes), 4 knives (preferably of different sizes), 2 spoons (preferably of different sizes)

Week 6:
Topic: Nickelodeon Movie Theaters
Era: Early 1900s
Comparing: Silent movies vs. movies today
Activity: Watching silent movies and talking about them
Supplies: None

Week 7:
Topic:  Rationing During World War 2
Era: 1940s
Comparing: Shopping and eating
Activity: Grouping foods by what we could buy
Supplies: At least 7 different kinds of food (can be real or fake or both)

Week 8:
Topic: Newsreels during World War 2
Era: 1940s
Comparing: How we get news
Activity: Watching World War 2 Newsreels and discussing them
Supplies: None

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