An Immigrant's Shopping List
Subjects
Social Studies, History, Information Technology
Themes
Change, Ways of life, Settlement of the West
Resources
Eaton's
Fall and Winter 1918-19 catalogue
Description
Imagine you're a new immigrant bound for a homestead on the
prairies.
What items do you think you would need to survive?
- By consulting the catalogue pages on this site, students work
individually
or in small groups to look through the appropriate catalogue
and make their selection.
- Ask the students to make a list of the items or make sketches of each.
- When completed, students make an oral presentation of their choices
and rationale
to the class.
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