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What Can Artifacts Tell Us About History?. A look at gender roles and attire. Gender & Attire. What do the clothes that a person wears tell us about the time, place, and society in which they live? Can you tell by looking at clothing, the time period in which it was worn?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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WHAT CAN ARTIFACTS TELL US ABOUT HISTORY?
A look at gender roles and attire
Gender & Attire What do the clothes that a person wears
tell us about the time, place, and society in which they live?
Can you tell by looking at clothing, the time period in which it was worn?
Dress #1: Take a Guess…
What can you guess about the woman who wore the dress?
When do you think it was worn?
Dress # 2: What do you think?
How does the length and silhouette of this dress influence our feelings about the girl wearing it?
Dress # 3: And this one???
Who was this
woman?
Dress # 4
What does this dress tell us about morals?
Dress # 5?
What did it mean to be beautiful in this time?
Now for the men… While most societies have historically
given men dominance over women, what it means to be a man has changed over time.
From the following, can you tell how masculinity and manhood was defined in each historical time period?
Item # 1 What can you tell
about this man from his clothing?
Was he rich or poor?
Men’s # 2 What are the
expectations of masculinity based on this man’s clothing?
Men’s Clothing # 3
What about those pants? YIKES!
Men’s clothing # 4 How important is this
man?
Do you think he really needs that cane to walk?
Men’s Clothing # 5 What about
the man who wears this?