Imagine... a child at the turn-of-the-century...

Student assignment: Create a turn-of-the-century child's scrapbook

Put yourself in the place of a child born in 1900 and assemble a scrapbook of your life between 1900 and 1912. Where were you born? Whom would you live with? Would you go to school? Or would you work? What would you do for fun?

The scrapbook pages:

• You are born in 1900
• Your month of birth
• You can read!
• Thanksgiving Day
• Traveling near and far
• Hopes and dreams

          Scrapbook resources

Teacher resources

• Curriculum overview
• Initial lesson plans