Children's Clothing of the 1800s

Author: David Schimpky & Bobbie Kalman

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company

Publication Date: 1995

Genre: History

Audience: Gr. 3-5

Overview: The book not only explains what was the typical clothes for boyas and girls in the 1800s but also differenciates in common and fashion clothes and how were they made.

Activity: As the book teaches the children the different role that clothing had in society in the past and also how the adquisition of clothes was much more complicated than just buying them, it could be interesting to dicuss in class the importance that what they wear has to them and why. It could be also a good interaction to show them the different materials used to make the clothes, where do they come from, how and why

Reviewer's Name: Luis Jar