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What do 3D viewers tell us about the past?
What do 3D viewers tell us about the past?
Learning intention
We are learning to examine an historical object and describe its features.
Success criteria
We can describe what we see in a historical object.
We can make a prediction about how people used the object and why
About the object
About the object
This double photograph is a stereograph – a stereoscopic photograph. It is in a stereoscope – a stereoscopic viewer.
The two photos are what each of our eyes sees. They are taken by a double lens camera with the lens spaced apart like our eyes.
The stereoscope holding the card has two magnifying glasses. When it's held against the face like goggles, the two photos appear to merge together into an enlarged single 3D image. It's like virtual reality of the past.
Lake Albert Public School and teacher’s residence, Wagga Wagga, circa 1894.
Teacher John Saunders Middenway of Wagga Wagga Superior Public School visiting Lake Albert Public School, also in Wagga Wagga.
Collection number 2000-904
John (Jack) and Grace Middenway at a long tom desks at Bexley Public School, circa 1899.
Collection number 2000-911
Examine objects from the past
Examine objects from the past
Objects can provide evidence of the past.
View the video and answer the questions about the objects.
See
What shapes can you see?
What materials might it be made from?
What parts does it have?
Think
What was the object used for in the past?
Wonder
What do you wonder about the object?
Writing objectsYouTube | NSW Schoolhouse Museum of Public Education (1:33min) | Transcript
Draw and label the stereoscope
Use the vocabulary as the labels for the diagram
Eyepiece – where you look
Lens – helps you see the picture
Picture card – the two pictures
Holder – holds the card
Handle – to hold the stereoscope in one hand
Stereographs
Click on the examples of the stereographs and look at the two images
Why are there two pictures?
Are the two pictures the same?
Why would someone look through the viewer at these pictures?
Infer
Complete the sentence: “I think people used this object to ______ because ______.”
Stereoscopes to 3D view masters
Objects change over time. A 3D viewer replaced stereographs.
Look at the images of the 3D viewer and talk with a friend about these questions.
See
What shapes can you see?
What materials might it be made from?
What parts does it have?
Think
What was the object used for in the past?
Wonder
What do you wonder about the object?
Compare and contrast
Compare and contrast
How has the stereograph changed over time?
How have they stayed the same?
Design a Reel
Historians use pictures to tell stories about the past.
Create your own View Master reel. Look at your school playground and draw 7 small “snapshots” — one in each window. Each snapshot can show something different, like where you play, your friends, or your favourite equipment.
Use the template to create the reel.
Tier 2 and 3 vocabulary
Tier 2 and 3 vocabulary
Stereoscope
Stereograph
3D
Viewer
View-master
Virtual reality
Tier 2 - observe, notice, compare, explore, imagine, past, present, history, change, describe, explain, remember, discover
Tier 3 - stereograph, stereoscope, lens, viewer, reel, photograph, artefact, device, technology, record
Banner image – stereoscope and stereographs, circa 1890. A stereoscope is a 3D viewer. Stereographs and photographs with 2 images.
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