I created this collection to have my students understand better the role children played in the past. Considering how quickly I have to teach history to my 4th graders I wanted to rely on photographs to help orient the students into time and place. I focused on the late 1800s into the mid-1900s. The students in my class wanted to know more about children's lives during the time period we were learning about. The purpose of the collection is to push the students to think beyond what they immediately see and consider the bigger ideas captured in these photographs.

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Students engaged in thinking routines during this activity:

See, Think, Wonder

• What do you see?
• What do you think?
• What do you wonder?

Unveiling Stories

• What is the story?
• What is the human story?
• What is the world story?
• What is the new story?
• What is the hidden story?