Paper Dolls and Patriots

Who Am I?  Paperdolls and Patriots

Section 1:  Content

Using the History of US as a basis, students will select one person from the text. 

Section 2:  Creative Activities

Students will select one person from the text. (DOK 1) They will research that person using the World Book Encyclopedia online version. (DOK 2)  Students must gather the following facts:  birth, death, main occupation, historical importance, family and education, using the graphic organizer provided.  Students must locate and print a portrait of that person’s face, to be used for the paperdoll. (DOK 1) The front of the doll must be dressed in the appropriate historical costume, using resources provided in the resource list below. (DOK3) The back of the paperdoll will have the information gathered from the graphic organizer, written in the appropriate spaces/areas. (DOK 4)  All “dolls” will be displayed, and a matching of names/dolls will be completed by each group.  (Students can be grouped in pairs for this activity.)

Section 3:  Standards

Subject Area 8:  History

Standard 8.3 United States History

8.3.5.A  Compare and contrast common characteristics of the social, political, cultural and economic groups in United States history.

Subject Area 1: Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening

Standard 1.8 Research

1.8.5.B  Conduct inquiry and research on self-selected or assigned topics using a variety of teacher-guided media sources and strategies.

1.8.5.C  Produce an organized product that presents findings, draws reasonable conclusions, and gives proper credit to sources.

 

Section 4:  Depth of Knowledge Questions

DOK 1: identify, illustrate, match

DOK 2:  categorize, construct, use context cues, compare

DOK 3:  construct

DOK 4: design, synthesize, create, critique

Section 5:  Danielson Domain Framework

Domain 1a, 1b, 1d, 2a, 2c, 3a, 3b, 3c

 

 

Further Reading/Resource Sites

Black, J. Anderson.  A History of Fashion.  New York:  William Morrow & Company, 1974.  Print.

Conti, Mila.  Fashion:  From Ancient Egypt to the Present Day.  New York:  Odyssey Press, 1965.  Print.

Evans, Mary.  Costume Throughout the Ages.  Philadelphia:  J. B. Lippincott, 1958.  Print.

Gorsline, Douglas.  What People Wore:  A Visual History of Dress from Ancient Times to Twentieth-Century America.  New York:  Viking Press, 1952.  Print.

Hakim, Joy.  The New Nation:  1789-1850 A History of US Book 4.  Oxford University Press, 2002.  Print.

Hansen, Henny Harald.  Costumes and Styles.  New York:  E. P. Dutton, 1956.  Print.

Payne, Blanche.  The History of Costume:  From the Ancient Egyptians to the Twentieth Century.  New York:  Harper & Row, 1965.  Print.

Perl, Lila.  Top Hats to Baseball Caps, From Bustles to Blue Jeans.  New York:  Clarion, 1990.  Print.

Truman, Nevil.  Historic Costuming.  London:  Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1966.  Print.

Wilcox, R. Turner.  Folk and Festival Costume of the World.  New York:  Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1965.  Print.