Lesson Plan: Clothing for Sports Activity Sheet: Clothing for Sports ...

An Exhibition in the Classroom - Explore the Site with Your StudentsPedagogical IntentStudents explore the society and culture of the Canadian Confederation Generation by examining sportsclothing worn at that time and by comparing that clothing with sports clothing that people wear today.Students develop their understanding by reviewing prior knowledge about current sports clothes, byanalyzing what sport meant to some members of the Confederation Generation, by interpreting historicalphotographs, by comparing clothes from the past with clothes of today, and by completing a Venn diagramto summarize their analysis of differences and similarities.SubjectsHistory, History and Citizenship,Language Arts, Social Studies, VisualArtsThemesCulture and community, change andcontinuity, citizenship and identitySkills and CompetenciesCritical thinking and creative thinking,historical thinking, visual andwritten literacy, questioning, usingprimary sources, using information,research, examining social phenomenafrom a historical perspective,interpreting social phenomena usingthe historical methodDuration60 to 90 minutesLesson 1, Grades 9 to 10Grades 9 and 10 (all provinces and territories except Quebec);Secondary Cycle 2 (Quebec)Clothing for SportsTeacher PreparationFamiliarize yourself with the contents of the Canadian Dress:The Confederation Generation Online Exhibition.(www.civilization.ca/confederationdress).Prepare copies of Activity Sheets: Clothing for Sports, Thenand Now (at the end of this lesson) for students. Note thatthe first page of these activity sheets includes some historicalphotographs of people dressed in sports clothes of the 19thcentury.If you want students to view clothes at the Canadian Dress: TheConfederation Generation Online Exhibition website, they willneed to have access to computers with Internet connections.

www.civilization.ca/confederationdressClothing for Sports, Then and Now Activity Sheet 1Swimmers at Orchard Beach,Keswick, Ontario, 1879Lacrosse team from the Mohawk Nation atKahnawake (Caughnawaga), Canadian lacrossechampions, 1869Lacrosse team, Ottawa, 1891Victoria Hockey Team, Champions Manitoba andNorthwest Territories, 1892-1893Bicycling and Bicycle Outfits, from The Delineator: A Journal of Fashion,Culture and Fine Arts, April 18956

www.civilization.ca/confederationdressClothing for Sports, Then and Now Activity Sheet 2Nom: _________________________ Date: ____________________________Sports Clothes from the PastSports Clothes from the Present7