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Run Your Own Boarding House
Students become familiar with the historical and sociological aspects of the boarding house phenomenon in America. As students work in groups, they read and analyze documents that will help them gain a deeper understanding. To...
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Methods of Reform: The Lowell Mill Girls
Students define reform. They identify different reform methods.
Students evaluate reform efforts inspired by the Lowell Mill girls. They see how group organization and advocacy would eventually lead to important scoical change.
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"Five Cents a Spot": Image of Victorian Boarders, How the Other Half Lives, 1888
Victorian boarders.