Not+So+Very+Long+Ago+Reinforcing+Activity

Objectives: Students will be able to create posters describing a job in the past and its modern-day counterpart, comparing and contrasting the differences between them.

Materials: Copy of // Not So Very Long Ago: Life in a Small Country Village, // poster board and paper.

Activity: Read the book out loud to the class and display each page over a projector if obtaining a copy for each child is too difficult. The pictures in the book are very important to show because they portray different jobs in the village. After the book has been read, each student will be assigned a role from the following list: -PEDDLER -STAY AT HOME MOTHER -TRADESMAN -TAILOR -WEAVER -GLAZIER (GLASSBLOWER) -POTTER -APOTHECARY -STOREKEEPER -CLOGMAKER -COBBLER -CRAFTSMAN -TINKER -GYPSY -TOY MAKER -LAUNDRY WORKER -SHEPHERD -MILLER -MATTRESS MAKER

When they are assigned a role, they will create a sign/poster advertising their business that existed over a hundred years ago. On the sign/poster, they must include: what their job is, how their products are beneficial, and why their job is important. Once they’ve made this sign/poster, they will make another sign/poster for a similar business that would exist in our country today. It must include: what their job is, why their job is important, and how it connects to their other poster. The posters must show the similarities and how things have changed over the years. They should also portray how these roles over a hundred years ago have influenced the current jobs we occupy today.