<em>Daughters of Free Men</em> Viewer's Guide
Labor Activism
Work
This booklet is curriculum support for the American Social History Project's 30-minute documentary <em><a href="http://ashp.cuny.edu/ashp-documentaries/daughters-of-free-men/" target="_blank">Daughters of Free Men</a></em>. The viewer's guide contains background information on issues raised by the documentary as well as additional primary source materials for use in the classroom.
American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning
American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning, 2007.
American Social History Project / Center for Media and Learning
2007
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English
Antebellum America (1816-1860)
To Strike or Not to Strike in 1830s Lowell: A Role Play
Labor Activism
Work
In this activity students perform a role play of a talk show between Lowell workers and factory owners. To research their characters, students analyze primary sources. This activity is used to teach with the film Daughters of Free Men, but can be completed without the film.
American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning
American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning, 2011.
American Social History Project / Center for Media and Learning
2011
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English
Antebellum America (1816-1860)
<em>Daughters of Free Men</em> Active Viewing worksheets
Labor Activism
Work
These worksheets guide students as they watch the short film <em><a href="http://ashp.cuny.edu/ashp-documentaries/daughters-of-free-men/" target="_blank">Daughters of Free Men</a></em>.
American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning
American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning, 2011.
American Social History Project / Center for Media and Learning
2011
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1813
English
<em>Daughters of Free Men</em> Script Excerpts
Work
The following excerpts are taken from the script for <em><a href="http://ashp.cuny.edu/ashp-documentaries/daughters-of-free-men/" target="_blank">Daughters of Free Men</a></em>, which was written by the American Social History Project.
American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning
American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning.
American Social History Project / Center for Media and Learning
2011
1808, 1816
English
Antebellum America (1816-1860)
<em>Daughters of Free Men</em> Script Excerpts (with text supports)
Work
The following excerpts are taken from the script for <em><a href="The following excerpts are taken from the script for Daughters of Free Men, which was written by the American Social History Project. " target="_blank">Daughters of Free Men,</a></em> which was written by the American Social History Project.
American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning
American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning
American Social History Project / Center for Media and Learning
2011
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1808, 1815
English
Antebellum America (1816-1860)
To Strike or Not to Strike worksheets
Labor Activism
Work
These worksheets help students plan their characters for the role play "To Strike or Not to Strikein 1830s Lowell." Also included is a rubric that students and teachers can use to evaluate the role play as it is performed.
American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning
American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning, 2011.
American Social History Project / Center for Media and Learning
2011
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1808
English
Antebellum America (1816-1860)
Farm vs. Factory: Citing Evidence
Gender and Sexuality
Work
This activity asks students to analyze three primary documents about the experiences of young women who worked in textile factories in New England during the 1830s and 1840s. It provides worksheets to guide and support students in writing a paragraph that cites evidence about the documents.
American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning
2012
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Antebellum America (1816-1860)
Lessons in Looking:<em> The Lowell Offering </em>Worksheet
Gender and Sexuality
Work
This worksheet helps students to analyze and interpret the meaning of an image that appeared on the cover of <em>The Lowell Offering</em> in 1845. <em>The Lowell Offering</em> was a monthly magazine written by the young women who worked in the Lowell textile mills and published from 1840 to 1845.
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2012
1986, 1989
Antebellum America (1816-1860)
Farm vs. Factory: Constructing a Paragraph Worksheet
This worksheet helps students to understand the component parts of a paragraph (claim/counterclaim, supporting details, conclusion/summary) using a paragraph about a cover image from <em>The Lowell Offering</em>. <em>The Lowell Offering</em><span> was a monthly magazine written by the young women who worked in the Lowell textile mills and published from 1840 to 1845.</span>
American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning
2012
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1989
Antebellum America (1816-1860)
Farm vs. Factory: Finding and Citing Evidence Worksheet
Work
This worksheet helps students to gather evidence from two primary documents from young women who worked in the textile factories of Lowell, Massachusetts, during the 1830s and 1840s, and use that evidence in a paragraph.
American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning
2012
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1822, 1821, 1987, 1549, 1989
Antebellum America (1816-1860)