woman dressed in heavy winter coat with fur hood

Photograph of Gladys Knight Harris, wearing a parka she had made in Kotzebue, in a reindeer herder's house, Kotzebue, Alaska, 1949. Autry Museum; P.52929

Winter Wear - Collection Activities

Resource Type
Fun Activities
Grade Level:
K–2, 3–5
Discipline:
Art, Environment
Topic:
Nature, Winter

Winter Wear Then and Now  

Grades K-5 

  • Individual Activity: Students pick one winter wear item from the collection and find an image of winter wear today. Students share what is similar and what is different in a written sentence or verbally.  
  • Class Activity: Educator prints out the images and has the class create a collage of Winter Wear "Then." Students then cut out images from magazines or the Internet and make a Class Collage of Winter Wear "Now." Educator leads the class in a discussion of what is similar and what is different.  
  • Extension: Students draw their own “Winter Wear.” 

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Educational Programs at the Autry are sponsored by:

Dean and Laura Beresford · Molly and Neal Brockmeyer · Vince and Colleen Caballero · Capital Group · David F. Eisenberg · The Georgina-Fredrick Children's Foundation · Christy McAvoy · Marleen and Bruce Rognlien · Robert E. Ronus · Brenda and Gary Ruttenberg · The Steinmetz Foundation · Virginia F. Stevenson · Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation

Land Acknowledgment

The Autry Museum of the American West acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin and So. Channel Islands). We recognize that the Autry Museum and its campuses are located on the traditional lands of Gabrielino/Tongva peoples and we pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.

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