Heritage Fairs

For Teachers

The GWG story is well-suited to:

When creating your project, remember to:

register it with the local Fair organizing committee;
adhere to maximum size limitations for the National Fair—80 cm deep, 150 cm wide, and 100 cm high;
avoid profanity, racial or sexist remarks, innuendo, negative stereotypes, or any other potentially offensive matter; and
request permission and provide acknowledgement to any person or organization clearly identifiable in your presentation.

Here are some project ideas

Think about the important industries in your community and study the history of a manufacturing company near you. Has a company closed in recent years, and if so, why?
Learn about the life story of an individual who owned a factory, or worked in one.
Write and perform a play, or make a short video, about working in a factory.
Ask someone who worked at a garment manufacturing plant what it was like and compare their experience to that of the women who worked at GWG.
Interview someone who recently immigrated to Canada to ask about their first job in the country
Ask your parents or grandparents if they wore jeans to school or to work. Think about how attitudes to jeans have changed, and write a report about the clothes that were made by GWG. Find some vintage GWGs at a thrift shop and wear them when you give your presentation!
Ask someone who wears blue jeans where their jeans were made, what they think their jeans say about them, and why they like wearing jeans.
Print the denim side of the 1920s jeans puzzle poster that's on this website and create your own poster for the other side, using images from another decade; browse through the on-line GWG catalogues featured on this website for image ideas. Or, take the GWG challenge and create a poster with a folding shirt design!