Read the story to the class. Talk about why the hats in the story were worn, and the time period in which they were worn. Have students write a story about the events in one of the pictures they have seen from the perspective of the hat in the photograph. The students will pretend that they have just been hired by a prestigious advertising firm to promote the sale of the hats featured at the Museum. Their task is to write an advertisement to sell a hat.
Procedure Bring in advertisements for a variety of products.
Discuss with the students what qualities in the ad appeal to the reader. Have each student choose a hat to promote from the collection . Specific details from Hat Lore can be used to find out more about their chosen hat. Students must choose a feature of their hat that will help it to sell. Students must next decide how to convince the public that they absolutely NEED a hat with this feature.