Meghan Christensen

SLM-521

Drop-In #2

6/17/09

 

Children in the Past

 

In class, we have discussed ways that technology, communication and transportation are different from today than it was in the past. Today, I want us to look at how students just like you lived in the past. Follow the link to read about how children learned in school. Complete the Venn-diagram provided below comparing the similarities and differences of school today and school in the past.

 

 

                                          Schools Today                                              Both                                            Schools in the Past

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                 

When you have completed the diagram, click on the picture below to find out what children wore in colonial times.

 

 

How is what they wear different from what you may wear today?