Here is what is due:
On Thursday and Friday (A day and B day) September 14th through 15th, students will be turning in their primary document where they talked to someone about where they were on the day of September 11, 2001. Though this is out of the class's time frame (1865-1945), students will gain a better understanding about what a primary document is.
In class, students are reading the novel, Journal of Finn Reardon, Finn Reardon Worksheet and they are finishing watching the movie, Lyddie, here is the Lyddie Worksheet about a girl working in the cotton mills. Both these pieces introduce students to the challenges faced by children. It also introduces them to working conditions, labor rights, and disease and other hazards of life in the 1800s. In case you don't have the syllabus signed, here it is, too: Syllabus Freshmen
During the week of September 18-22, students will be learning more about working conditions and child labor. They will view the photographs of Lewis Hines. On October 6th, they will have another homework assignment that is due. I will be passing out the materials for that in class and posting the instructions here next week. Students can plan to have a homework assignment every two or three weeks. Even though I will not be handing out the materials until next week, I am including the instructions for this assignment at the bottom of this posting.
Geography terms including countries and landforms will also be passed out on an orange sheet. Here are the terms in case the student loses the sheet: Geography Test Countries and Landforms Students will be taking this test at least three times this year. First semester, we take it twice, with the highest score be taken. Our first day for the geography test will be on October 19/20th. It is multiple choice with maps in front of them, so it is not something they have to pull out of their heads. Most students enjoy this kind of test because they are only competing against themselves. By the end of the year, they are doing well.
Students also have a vocabulary list in their binder. The definitions are in the back of their textbook, but I go over these words in class and also give students some time to take the definitions down. Their final exam in January will include a definition/vocabulary section.
HOMEWORK assignment---no LATES--due OCTOBER 5th and 6th
All students will have been given a sheet with the CHILD LABOR PRIMARY DOCUMENTS by September 22.
All students will be writing letters from two different viewpoints depending on the first letter of your last name. Students will all be using, however, the same set of Primary Documents which has been given to them prior to the Thanksgiving break. It is on a green sheet with their social studies papers. You may type or write the letter on lined paper. Also you are free to "make up" information to make your letter more interesting. You are also free to research and use supplemental material as long as you are not copying from a source. If you type the letter, make sure you use the 12 point times new roman font.
All letters will be written to this address--which is the real address and name of the editor of the New York times at the time of these documents:
Mr. Adolph Ochs, Publisher
New York Times
229 West 43rd St.
New York City, NY
If you last name begins A-P You will do the following:
You will write the letter as Lewis Hines, himself:
First paragraph should be about how Hines wants to end child labor
Second paragraph should be about some of his observations of child labor (from the Green Documents)
Third paragraph should be about laws that need to change to prevent child labor
Sign the letter as LEWIS HINES (but make sure you put your real name on the letter)
If your last name begins Q-Z You will do the following:
You will write as a citizen (yourself) who is concerned about child labor
First paragraph should be about why you think some parents have their children work.
Second paragraph will be about why child labor is so bad...some of the harsh working conditions
Third paragraph should be what concerned citizens should do to end child labor.
Sign the letter as yourself, and then add the words, Concerned Citizen after yoursignature
All students will be writing letters from two different viewpoints depending on the first letter of your last name. Students will all be using, however, the same set of Primary Documents which has been given to them prior to the Thanksgiving break. It is on a green sheet with their social studies papers. You may type or write the letter on lined paper. Also you are free to "make up" information to make your letter more interesting. You are also free to research and use supplemental material as long as you are not copying from a source. If you type the letter, make sure you use the 12 point times new roman font.
All letters will be written to this address--which is the real address and name of the editor of the New York times at the time of these documents:
Mr. Adolph Ochs, Publisher
New York Times
229 West 43rd St.
New York City, NY
If you last name begins A-P You will do the following:
You will write the letter as Lewis Hines, himself:
First paragraph should be about how Hines wants to end child labor
Second paragraph should be about some of his observations of child labor (from the Green Documents)
Third paragraph should be about laws that need to change to prevent child labor
Sign the letter as LEWIS HINES (but make sure you put your real name on the letter)
If your last name begins Q-Z You will do the following:
You will write as a citizen (yourself) who is concerned about child labor
First paragraph should be about why you think some parents have their children work.
Second paragraph will be about why child labor is so bad...some of the harsh working conditions
Third paragraph should be what concerned citizens should do to end child labor.
Sign the letter as yourself, and then add the words, Concerned Citizen after yoursignature
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