For this blog post (due Monday, October 10th) visit Cornell University's resources on the Triangle Factory Fire (found here: http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire).
Under "Learn About the Fire", read about the fire, view some of the original text documents, listen/read about the survivors and witnesses, and look at the photographs and illustrations of the event.
When you've spent 20-30 minutes with these resources, address the following in the comment section of this post:
1. Describe the interviews you read/listened to and the photographs/illustrations you looked at ... what do they say about their work? What do they say about the fire?
2. How is what you learn from reading/listening to interviews different from what you learn from the photographs/images?
3. What was life like for early 20th century working women? How does this relate to the Progressive Era?
Monday, September 26, 2011
Monday, September 5, 2011
Welcome! Introduce Yourself!
Welcome to the Class Blog for History 104 (Modern American History).
For our first Blog post - to help you adjust to the technology - I'd like you to introduce yourself by telling the class five things about yourself. This can range from your major to your hobbies to random facts. One requirement: please do include your name!
5 Things
1.I did my graduate work at The College of William and Mary in Virginia
2.I specialize in nineteenth and twentieth century history and media studies; but, despite this, most of my teaching has been in the colonial and early national periods of American history (William and Mary sits next to Colonial Williamsburg)
3.I also have a strong interest in the way history is presented in popular films and have, in fact, taught a “History by Hollywood” seminar a number of times at The College of William and Mary and Temple University in Philadelphia.
4.I did my bachelor’s degree at the University of California at San Diego. I had a hard time picking a major so I ended up with History, and with minors in Literature and Political Science (and almost one in Third World Studies).
5.I’m a California native and I miss fish tacos in San Diego, Berkeley’s used bookstores, and the Pacific Ocean.
-- SG
For our first Blog post - to help you adjust to the technology - I'd like you to introduce yourself by telling the class five things about yourself. This can range from your major to your hobbies to random facts. One requirement: please do include your name!
5 Things
1.I did my graduate work at The College of William and Mary in Virginia
2.I specialize in nineteenth and twentieth century history and media studies; but, despite this, most of my teaching has been in the colonial and early national periods of American history (William and Mary sits next to Colonial Williamsburg)
3.I also have a strong interest in the way history is presented in popular films and have, in fact, taught a “History by Hollywood” seminar a number of times at The College of William and Mary and Temple University in Philadelphia.
4.I did my bachelor’s degree at the University of California at San Diego. I had a hard time picking a major so I ended up with History, and with minors in Literature and Political Science (and almost one in Third World Studies).
5.I’m a California native and I miss fish tacos in San Diego, Berkeley’s used bookstores, and the Pacific Ocean.
-- SG
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