Curriculum: What Did They Do Before There Was TV? Entertainment in the Age of the Magic Lantern


Cover		 Description: Students explore the recreational activities in which people participated during the nineteenth century to balance the rigors of work in their lives.

Learning goals:

  • Examine how late 1800s leisure activities reflected prevailing social and cultural attitudes and values
  • Read and listen for information, expression, and interaction
  • Apply math skills to understand simple math concepts
  • Examine the business skills needed to be an entrepreneur
  • Analyze the visual impact of and the written words found in various advertising posters

Publication date: 2000

Number of pages: 17 (overview – 2; lesson 1 – 4; lesson 2; 6; lesson 3 – 5)

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