Role 1 - Historian

Historian (greatest level of difficulty)

Your job is to describe how the change you’re studying shaped or defined the American psyche, or way of thinking. Think about . . .
        What motivated Americans to act the way they did?
        What was important to Americans at this time?
        What did Americans tend to do for work and for relaxation?
        How did Americans tend to deal with problems?

What does the historical change reveal about American thoughts, beliefs and values? How is the American Psyche, as you have defined it, reflected in the novel you are reading?

Write your findings in the form of a chapter from a high school history textbook the way you think history should be told.

Make sure your product addresses these essential questions:

How or why did change happen?
How did people bring about and react to change?
Who was involved in the change?
Who benefited from the change?
Who suffered from the change?
Did the change have enduring effects that we can still see today?

Use the following links for your research:

Change Focus	Web Sites
Reconstruction	http://www.augustana.edu/libraryold/ethnic.html http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/ http://metalab.unc.edu/docsouth/index.html documenting the american south---a ton of primary sources http://www.harpweek.com/6HarpWeekProducts/Reconstruction/Reconstruction1.htm http://osprey.unf.edu/dept/equalop/oeop11.htm http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/index.htm http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/index.htm http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aaphome.html
Industrialization	http://h-net2.msu.edu/~shgape/bibs/immig.html http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html American memory---library of congress-------a ton of stuff http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/History/Progs/Progsprim.html Progressive Era documents and sources http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/carnegie/gildedage.html http://www.berkshire.net/~quaboag/modam.html Great collection of sites on Ind, Imm, Labor, Gilded Age http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/carnegie/extremes.html American Experience---Carnegie with background on Gilded Age http://www.wm.edu/~srnels/giltext.html huge list of late 19^th century authors and texts http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/index.htm http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/index.htm http://www.ushistory.net/toc/ http://www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/history/projects/Lessons_US/Gilded_Age/Coal_Mining/default.htm
Immigration	http://www.augustana.edu/libraryold/ethnic.html http://www.berkshire.net/~quaboag/modam.html Great collection of sites on Ind, Imm, Labor, Gilded Age http://www.theatlantic.com/atlantic/atlweb/flashbks/immigr/immigint.htm Immigration site http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/chinex.htm http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/carnegie/gildedage.html http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/index.htm http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/index.htm http://www.ushistory.net/toc/
The Wild West	http://www.gbso.net/skyhawk/nativein.htm http://www.gbso.net/skyhawk/indianwa.htm http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/ http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/index.htm http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/index.htm
American Indian Conflict	http://www.gbso.net/skyhawk/nativein.htm http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/ http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/index.htm http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/index.htm

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