Primary Source Activities: Armbruster Gothic Set Designs
Author: Jim Worden
Grade(s): 10
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.How would you describe this drawing?
2. What time period do you think that this drawing is from?
Level II: Interpretation
1.What was the purpose of this drawing?
2. What does this drawing mean to you?
Level III: Analysis
1. How is this drawing related to stage productions?
2.What evidence can you find that this drawing is from 1920?
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.
