Here are some things you can look for as you walk through your history museum or site.  Feel free to print this page and take it with you!

1.  What did the children wear?
 

2.  What did the children do for fun?
 

3.  What kind of chores did they do?
 

4.  What kind of houses did they live in?
 

5.  What was the furniture like?
 

6.  Where did the children sleep?
 

7.  What was the school like?
 

8.  What were the rules in the classroom?
 

9.  What were the main jobs in the town?
 

10.  What are some things that you have today that you would not have had then?
 

11.  Would you like to have lived back in the 1800's or do you like today better?