Life in the tenements

Explore the following websites devoted to virtual tours of NYC turn of the century tenements. Give a comparison/ contrast assessment of life in the tenements as opposed to life on the prairies in the western US.

http://www.tenement.org/Virtual_Tour/index_virtual.html

http://www.thirteen.org/tenement/

http://www.thirteen.org/tenement/ (about pioneer life)

Populism and the Wizard of Oz

Read the following article and post a comment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_interpretations_of_The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz

The Civil War

Visit and explore the digital archive at the link below. In your opinion, were the two communities more alike or different? Why do you think so?

http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/

Factory rules

Compare and contrast the rules found at the link below with modern workplace guidelines. How much difference has 150 years made?

http://www.historyteacher.net/AHAP/Readings/FactoryRules_1848.htm

The Impeachment of Andrew Jackson

Work through the following website and then let us know how you stand on the impeachment of Jackson!

http://historyteacher.net/AHAP/WebQuests/WQ-ImpeachJackson/WQ-ImpJackson-StudentMainPage.htm

The Young Republic Defends Itself?

Compare these two websites then comment on the similarities and differences between the Alien and Sedition Acts of the 1790's and the Patriot Act of recent years. Was either necessary? What dangers faced each society and government? Could America survive without either?

http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/sedition/

http://www.npr.org/news/specials/patriotact/patriotactprovisions.html

Loyalists in our Midst

Read the following accounting of one of the leading Loyalists in the colonies. What factors would keep an American loyal to Britain? (Think political, economic, social) What dangers did loyalists face?

http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/fall96/loyalists.html