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Summary and Objective
After studying hats from colonial life and hats from other time periods, students will understand that the styles and functions of hats have changed over time. Students will compare and contrast hats from today with hats from other time periods.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
Have students bring in different hats from home as a pre-activity. In small groups have students compare these hats. Discussion points: Who wears these hats today, when, and why? Also discuss color, style, function, and any logos on these hats.
Step 2.
Have students create a K-W-L graph on a piece of paper. K-W-L stand for: What do you Know? What do you Want to know? What have you Learned? To make individual K-W-L charts hold a piece of paper length wise and fold it so it has three equal columns. On the top of each column put the initials K W L. In small groups have students discuss what they know about hats. Use these questions as a guide for student thinking. Why do people wear hats? What function do hats serve? How are hats different today than they were long ago? On the first column students can put what they Know about hats. After a few minutes of brainstorming have students discuss and write down in the second column what they Want to know about hats. The third column is used at the end of the project. Students will use this column to write down what they Learned about hats.
Step 3.
Have a student from each group come up to the chart paper and write their answers on the chart paper.
Step 4.
In pairs have students look at the pictures of hats from the digital collection. Have students write down any information they know about these hats. Discussion points: Who would wear these hats? Is it a rich person or a poor person? Man, woman, child? What do you think this person did for a living?
Step 5.
Have students search the internet (or use the links below) for other historical hats and answer the same questions from step 5.
Step 6.
In the large group discuss what the students found out. Finish completing the L on the K-W-L chart.
Step 7.
As a follow up create a Three-Cornered-Hat. Directions are in the book "American Kids in History: Revolutionary War Days" by David C. King.
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