Primary Source Activities: Girls Sewing Instruction
Author: Leslee Gantner
Grade(s): 9
Description
Allow students, in groups or individually, to examine the primary source linked under Resources to the right, while answering the questions below in order. The questions are designed to guide students into a deeper analysis of the source and sharpen associated cognitive skills.
Level I: Description
1.What do you see here?
2. What do they appear to be doing?
Level II: Interpretation
1. Is this a modern school? How can you tell?
2. Is this a homogeneous or heterogeneous group?
Level III: Analysis
1. Based on the above information, estimate when this photograph was taken. What clues did you use?
2. This photo comes from rural Union County, Ohio. Why are the girls practicing sewing at school?
3. Since the girls are all Caucasian, what does that tell you about the population of Union County, Ohio?
4. Would you have been happy living in a rural community? Why or why not?
Standards
- Social Studies Skills and Methods 9-10, Benchmark A: Evaluate the reliability and credibility of sources.
- Indicator: Grade 9, GLI 3. Analyze the reliability of sources for: a. Accurate use of facts; b. Adequate support of statements; c. Date of publication.
