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Davy Crockett Tours Five Points
By the 1830s, Five Points was infamous for its poverty, as well as for reports of corruption and immorality. Out-of-town tourists would make a special point to visit Five Points while they were in New York City. Davy Crockett, a famous American [...]
Analysis Worksheet: Davy Crockett Tours Five Points
This worksheet helps students analyze Davy Crockett's 1834 recollections of a visit to Five Points in New York City.
Analysis Worksheet: Charles Dickens Visits Five Points
This worksheet helps students analyze Charles Dickens' observations about the Five Points neighborhood during his 1841 visit to the United States.
Analysis Worksheet: Five Points, 1827
This worksheet helps students analyze the 1827 print depicting New York City's Five Points neighborhood.
Charles Dickens Visits Five Points (with text supports)
In 1841, English author Charles Dickens toured the United States. Dickens was known for his sympathetic depictions of the poor and working-class residents of English cities. However, American Notes, which he wrote about his time in the U.S. attacked [...]
Analysis Worksheet: The Declaration of Sentiments
This worksheet helps students analyze the 1848 Declaration of Sentiments.
Time Table of the Lowell Mills
The young farm women who worked in the Lowell textile mills were used to hard work, but working the large, noisy mills was different. On the farm, women had controlled their own work schedule, and they did may different tasks. In the mill, women did [...]
To Strike or Not to Strike in 1830s Lowell: A Role Play
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 [...]
A California Newspaper Deplores the Foreign Miner's Tax
Within months of statehood, the California legislature passed the Foreign Miner’s Tax, which required immigrant miners to pay $20 a month for the privilege of mining in the state. The unbearably high tax drove many Latin American miners back [...]
A California Newspaper Deplores the Foreign Miner's Tax (with text supports)
Within months of statehood, the California legislature passed the Foreign Miner’s Tax, which required immigrant miners to pay $20 a month for the privilege of mining in the state. The unbearably high tax drove many Latin American miners back [...]