QUICK DISCUSSION OF JOURNAL WHAT DO HISTORIANS USE TO STUDY HISTORY?
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QUICK DISCUSSION OF JOURNAL
WHAT DO HISTORIANS USE TO STUDY HISTORY?
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MATTOX HOUSE: SOME BACKGROUND
Henry Ford of Ford Automobiles used his vast wealth to build a museum
Items at Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village were ‘transplanted’ to Michigan for visitors
Part transportation museum part historical sites
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MATTOX HOUSE
Representation of early 20th century rural southern house
Ford visits in 1934
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THE PROBLEM!
In the 1980s museum officials want to redesign the exhibit but there were NO FLOORPLANS!
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YOUR TASK
To answer this question: What was the floor plan of the Mattox house in the 1930s?
You have the following sources:
Five images of Mattox House (exterior only)
Interviews with Dr. Leslie Long, Bryan Co. Resident and Agricultural
Specialist E.J. Cutler, Ford Executive (accompanied Henry Ford
when he purchased the house) Charles Boles, Mattox Neighbor Carrie Mattox, Daughter Amos Mattox, Jr., Son (2 years older than Carrie)
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EXAMINE THE EVIDENCE, FORMULATE A HYPOTHESIS, & DRAW CONCLUSIONS
Review the evidence (photos and interviews). USE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
Decide how many rooms were in the house and their purposes. Suggestions: You may want to start with the number of bedrooms.
Decide where the rooms are as well as other features (e.g., halls, porches).
Make a tentative floor plan. Be prepared to explain how you made your choices by providing evidence from the documents to support your claims.
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FrontBack
Arbor side Chimney side
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SO, WHAT?
What did this activity teach you about history? History has multiple perspectivesMust consider the reliability and validity of sources
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HOMEWORK
For tomorrow, bring in ANY primary source. Can be anything from the past…a speech, letter, diary, newspaper ads, etc
MUST BE WRITTEN AND NOT AN IMAGE
Some good websites (besides google):
The Valley of the Shadow
Digital History Reader
DocSouth
American Memory (from Library of Congress)
archives.gov
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The Results
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EXIT TICKET
Before you leave answer the following question:
What did you learn about history from the Mattox house activity?