Shoebox Activity

Imagine you are leaving your home and the only belongings you can take are whatever fits in a shoebox. What would you choose? For me, that was a hard question. I began to think of the things that mean the most to me or that I use on a daily basis. In my shoebox, I put all of my family photos that I did not have digitally stored on the web. In other words, I took all of my baby pictures and pictures of my siblings and I growing up. I also took some of the essential things that one needs to stay healthy, such as a toothbrush, toothpaste, hand sanitizer, etc. My box was full before I knew it! This activity is good to incorporate into the classroom when teaching about events of the past (or present) where people are forced to leave their homes. It could be useful when talking about different wars, the great depression, the Holocaust, and other historical events.

Here are some of the things my classmates chose