Primary Source Activities: Temperance Crusaders Seated Outside J. Rogers
Author: James E. Hill, Sr.
Grade(s): 10,12
Description
Allow students, in groups or individually, to examine the primary source linked under Resources to the right, while answering the questions below in order. The questions are designed to guide students into a deeper analysis of the source and sharpen associated cognitive skills.
Level I: Description
1.What is this a picture of?
2. What is the time period of this source?
Level II: Interpretation
1. What is the motive of this group outside J. Rogers?
2. What do the expressions on these people[s] faces tell you?
Level III: Analysis
1. What ideas justify your beliefs?
2. What do you think the outcome [of] this event will be?
Standards
- History 9-10, Benchmark B: Explain the social, political and economic effects of industrialization.
- Indicator: Grade 10, GLI 1. Explain the effects of industrialization in the United States in the 19th century including: e. The emergence of a middle class and its impact on leisure, art, music, literature and other aspects of culture.
