Est. 1880
http://www.topoquest.com/map-detail.php?usgs_cell_id=37900
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http://memory.loc.gov/mbrs/awal/2572s2.mpg
This video shows how logs move down a raging
river. The students could get a sense of how powerful
the river can be.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY8y1_ifXpE
Documentary on Early Frankfort Logging Industry This source will give the students a sense of what it
was like to work in the logging industry at the turn of
the century
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http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~26392~1100063:Railway-map-of-the-stateofPennsyl?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=w4s:/what/Stat
e+Atlas/where/Pennsylvania/;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;l
c:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=7&trs=33
1872 railroad map of Pennsylvania. This
source could be used to show the route the
lumber would take out of Ridgway on the
railroads
This folk music is a series of classic American song-stories flowing from the
bedrock of the American experience. Through these captivating songs, a tale is
told of America "once upon a time”.
Examine the liner notes from the album. They lyrics can show us what life was
like in the late 1800's because folksongs and ballads tend to tell a story.
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Struggle for workers forming unions
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http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/social_history/13labor_lea
der.cfm
The Autobiography of a Labor Leader: James Williams
Independent LIV (Nov. 6, 1902), 2634 38.
This primary source shows students the struggles of the
workers as they were forming the unions that would help instill
their safety.
Railroad
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http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&ob
jID=8642&PageID=608722&mode=2&contentid=http://pubcon
tent.state.pa.us/publishedcontent/publish/cop_environment/
phmc/communities/extranet/history/ourdocumentaryheritag
e/1865___1945/railroad_riots_1877.html
document on railroad riots - pillaging for food
In keeping with the theme of a shave costing $.05 in 1880, use the link
to find the cost of a shave in 1980 and 2005.
http://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/
If current trends continue, what will a shave in Ridgway, Pa
cost in 2030, 2055,and 2080?
Complete the chart, and be sure to explain how you came up
with your answer.
Year
Price
1880
.05
1905
.07
1930
.18
1955
.68
1980
2005
2030
2055
2080
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With a partner write a nursery rhyme to the tune
of “Are You Sleeping” that focuses on what life
must have been like in Ridgway in 1880.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/social_history/13labor_leader.cfm
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*Use the NARA worksheet for both the document and cartoon
examples on the previous 2 slides. Dig deeper and speculate about
what life would have been like.
*After completing the worksheet individually, break into small
groups and use a Venn diagram to come up with common
descriptive words that could be used in a Rap.
*FINAL PROJECT = group performance of a 4 measure 16 beat rap
that the group wrote.
*Critical thinking skills will be used to find the key descriptive
words that will be used in the rap. Not only do you need to
describe what life would be like, but also use a specific rhythm
pattern and rhyming words so that the rap flows and follows the
correct form.
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1868 US Treasury Warrant in the amount of
$7.2 Million for the purchase of Alaska
http://www.archives.gov/education/research/e
xhibit/alaska.html
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1878 Constitution of the Knights of Labor
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http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/us26.cfm
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1880 Thomas Edison patented the incandescent
light bulb.
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http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals_iv/sections/thomas_edison_patent.html
 1881 Portrait of Thomas Edison
 http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/edison.htm
 Video Bibliography of Tomas Edison
 http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/thomas-edisonbiography/9c3051cffc4989caceb39c3051cffc4989caceb3415586517858?q=edison+videos&FORM=VIRE3
 http://www.historicalvoices.org/earliest_voices/edison.html
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1881 President Garfield dies
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http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/gar.htm
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Short music excerpts from the late 1800s along
with photos from the time period
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America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song
Sheets
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http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2972
http://memory.loc.gov/cgibin/ampage?collId=amss&fileName=as1/as112730/amsspage.db&recNum=0
The beginnings of Ragtime Music
Scott Joplin
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Around the same time that Ridgway was established as a borough a
unique American art form developed, Ragtime.
Ragtime music with its use of syncopation and improvisation is a
uniquely American art form.
Before listening to examples of Ragtime music, study the picture and
poster using the SEA chart. Use this to predict what the music might
sound like. Discuss some of the intrinsic qualities of Ragtime
(syncopation, improvisation, etc). Here is some primary source listening
example of a classic rag on the LOC web site
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200035813/default.html .
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Study Scott Joplin and his contributions to Ragtime music. Students will
use the KWL chart along with a Bibliography of Scott Joplin to finish off
this lesson on American music of the late 1800s.