Submitted work by Josh Schaller
Analyzing Objects
Porcelain
Musket Ball
Smallpox
Nail
Reaper
Shirtwaist
Transistor
Coffee
Record
Tire
Dishwasher
Dress
Stereograph
Stone
Shoe
Question 1:
Thinking that goes beyond just a general ideas and objects. It’s the in depth thought process of where the ideas and objects come from. Who came up with them, used them. What was their purpose? How did people use them. What role did it play in history?
Question 2:
Any object has a history….a role in the past. Having student examine that role, helps them understand the historical context.
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Submitted: Friday, July 9, 2021 - 23:30
Question 1:
The object is a teacup and teacup platter. The design is a handpainted blue with gold inlay design. The teacup looks to be a part of a larger set.
Question 2:
The teacup can represent a wide range of historical events from the past. Tea played a role in the American Revolution with the Tea Act/Tax, Porcelain was a type of material from China, which could be used to talk about the East India Tea Company, Porcelain was also considered a "high society" material, and this could be used to discuss the division of society.
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Submitted: Friday, July 16, 2021 - 10:46
Question 1: These objects are very small.
Question 2:
The transistor allows for the creation of the radio and eventually television, changing the way that societies interact with each other.
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Submitted: Thursday, July 29, 2021 - 23:22
Question 1:
This is a coffe tin from World War II that was issued to soldiers to make coffee in the field.
Question 2:
It shows how even in the time of war, the men still are looking for the comforts of home. It also shows that at the time of war, there's still an ability to ship the "creature comforts" of home.
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Submitted: Friday, July 30, 2021 - 13:35
Question 1: It’s a small round musket ball made of iron.
Question 2:
Musket balls can be used to represent European exploration of the continent and the subjugation of the indigenous people. “By Cross or by Iron.”
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Submitted: Friday, July 30, 2021 - 20:41
Question 1: These look like bacteria.
Question 2:
Bacteria has played a wide role in American history, from the inadvertent spread of diseases that wiped out the native population to the use of small pox infected blankets to purposefully wipe out indigenous populations, to the Tuskegee Syphilis experiment of the 1920s, to the Polio vaccine of the 1950s.
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Submitted: Saturday, July 31, 2021 - 23:03
Question 1: These are old tires, probably from early trucks.
Question 2:
These tires could represent the change in the American ideology of Urbanization and the growth of the Suburbs, now that transportation is more economical and allows for people to commute to their jobs from farther distances.
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Submitted: Sunday, August 1, 2021 - 19:46
Question 1:
Shoes are a relatively new concept historically speaking. Developed in the 1700s, the leather shoe was a block design that could be worn on either foot. It wasn’t until the 1860s, that a left and right shoe were designed. The leather shoe was sown to a wood sole. Then a metal “horseshoe” called a heel plate was tacked to the heel of the shoe.
Question 2:
These shoe would represent the birth of the industrialization and mass production, especially forged during the American Civil War.
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Submitted: Tuesday, August 3, 2021 - 23:04
Question 1:
This is an early vinyl record, which brought live music to those who couldn’t afford, or couldn’t go to see the original artists. In a time before radio, this was a way to bring new types of music and artists to different areas of the US. The growth of the Jazz movement was instrumental because of the availability of the records.
Question 2:
Music is one of the most popular ways the cultures are shared. Often we see the acceptance of minority cultures though the music of those cultures. A great example is the acceptance of African American music in the 1920s in the form of the Harlem Renaissance and in the 1950s in the birth of rock and roll.
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Submitted: Thursday, August 5, 2021 - 21:17
Question 1:
These are early nails, which had to be hand made, often leading to size variations.
Question 2: This could be representative of early modernized manufacturing.
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Submitted: Friday, August 13, 2021 - 22:13
Question 1:
I feel like I have grasped the idea of historical thinking from the original prompt, where we are using historical artifacts and sources to better understand its value in history.
Question 2:
Any object has a history….a role in the past. Having student examine that role, helps them understand the historical context.
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Submitted: Monday, July 12, 2021 - 18:03
Question 1:
Porcelain not only represents those of the higher social status, but of importation of goods from outside the colonies. Finished goods, such as the teacups would be sent from England to America, also, the importation of Tea, then the Tea Act would be another historical reference connected to the tea cup.
Question 2:
I would want to know the British Parliament's viewpoint of the situation. Understanding both sides of the war gives us a better perspective. I would also want to know about the perspectives of other groups, Enslaved Africans, Native Americans, non English colonists and how they viewed the war.
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Submitted: Friday, July 16, 2021 - 12:55
Question 1:
The development of the transistor would lead to many new developments of the 20th century. Students can make connections between the first radios, space exploration, and the growth of the computer industry, down to the laptops and iPads they use in class.
Question 2:
What are some direct consequences from the development of the transistors?
What are some indirect consequences from the development of the transistor?
What other inventions can you think of that may have the same effect?
What are some indirect consequences from the development of the transistor?
What other inventions can you think of that may have the same effect?
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Submitted: Thursday, July 29, 2021 - 23:53
Question 1:
This is the start of the "fast food" lifestyle in America. The development of canned and dried foods would lead to the ability to ship food to individual restaurants, allowing for a systemized food system. This would also play an important role in the advancement of food stuffs in the home.
Question 2:
Ads are often playing on sterotypes and gender ideologies that have a negative bias towards women. Women are often portrayed as "less intelligent" and "dependent" on men to run the household.
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Submitted: Friday, July 30, 2021 - 13:55
Question 1:
The use of the musket ball can be used to identify the struggles of the American colonists in their fight for freedom. While the smoothbore musket was the weapon of choice, the rifled musket became a much sought after commodity in the Americas, and while not as effective as the smoothbore during the war, they did represent the growing technological changes in the American military. These changes would lead to the adaptation of the Minnie Ball, which was much closer to what we image a bullet to be.
Question 2:
Some of the primary sources to use would be letters from both colonists and soldiers, Pariots and Torie’s, to discuss how they felt about the lives of a soldier and its effects on their own lives.
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Submitted: Friday, July 30, 2021 - 21:19
Question 1:
Smallpox can be tied to the development of vaccinations and the different types of scientific advancements during the history of America, specifically the Small Pox, Yellow Fever, the Polio Vaccines and the Covid-19 vaccine and how they changed American society.
Question 2:
One off the benefits of looking at history though how people deal with disease is that we get to see how customs and beleifs played a role in the treatment of those diseases. This can help explain why we have some of the customs we have. The drawback is that cultures before the 1870s had very little understanding of diseases and germs. The sickness is often attributed to superstition or religious impurity.
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Submitted: Saturday, July 31, 2021 - 23:37
Question 1:
Smallpox can be tied to the development of vaccinations and the different types of scientific advancements during the history of America, specifically the Small Pox, Yellow Fever, the Polio Vaccines and the Covid-19 vaccine and how they changed American society.
Question 2:
One off the benefits of looking at history though how people deal with disease is that we get to see how customs and beleifs played a role in the treatment of those diseases. This can help explain why we have some of the customs we have. The drawback is that cultures before the 1870s had very little understanding of diseases and germs. The sickness is often attributed to superstition or religious impurity.
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Submitted: Saturday, July 31, 2021 - 23:37
Question 1:
The tires can be seen as a representation of the necessity to ration the materials in order to support the war effort. This also shows the importance of international trade, as well as the effects of the war on international trade.
Question 2:
In my class, we use the acronym APPART when evaluating primary and secondary resources like these posters. APPART would answer the questions, Who is the Author/Artifact? What is the Purpose of the artifact? Place and time in history, who is the Audience? What is the Reason for the artifact? What is the main Topic? And what is the Significance of the artifact.
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Submitted: Sunday, August 1, 2021 - 23:49
Question 1:
The shoe is one of those inventions we rarely think about…sure, maybe when someone buys a $300 pair of Air Jordan’s, or when one of the latest sports stars releases his/her own brand, we may take notice. But shoes tell the story of the industrialization of the United States. It’s a story that moves from the period of hand made shoes slowly to the automation and mass production of the Industrial Age.
Question 2:
I always point to the Progressive presidents of the 1890s and early 1900s when talking about the change in the relationship between the people and the Government. I like to look at Roosevelt’s “square deal” speech especially.
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Submitted: Wednesday, August 4, 2021 - 22:17
Question 1:
The song is a great ty-in to the immigration ideas and issues of the 1920s. A song about young America, sung by a woman who didn’t have many of the freedoms and rights as her male counterparts, who had to change her name because of her ethnicity, singing a patriotic song. This theme carries throughout American history, the Neisse Squadron of Japanese Americans who fought in World War 2, the Thunderbirds and Navaho Codetalkers who were Native Americans that served in the US Military, and the Tuskegee Airmen, African Americans who fought in the Army Aircorp. All of these groups were treated as subhuman, but still fought for their country.
Question 2:
One of the sources that could be used are passenger manifests or immigration reports from Angel and Ellis islands.
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Submitted: Saturday, August 7, 2021 - 22:03
Title: Analyzing Objects - Camp Life of a Civil War Soldier
Grade Level: High
Short Answer:
I would set up a tent from the civil war and show students what the life of a civil war soldier would have looked like during the war. Having students do research and read primary source letters from both the north and the south to have them develop a historical context of the assignment.
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Submitted: Friday, July 16, 2021 - 10:23
Title: The Stamp Act Activity
Grade Level: High
Short Answer:
One of the assignments for the Stamp act would be working to better understand the importance of how it plays in the role of "Taxation without Representation." Students would be given money from a monopoly game. Two to three students would be charged as "tax collectors" and would be given a list of activities that students would be "assessed" with. The list of activities would include chewing gum, using a peice of paper or pencil, Using particular words in class (witch is sometimes funny to see the entire class go silent when someone uses the offending word). The goal of the game is to see who can catch and collect the most money, and who can keep the most money.
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Submitted: Thursday, July 29, 2021 - 21:54
Title: The Technology Timeline
Grade Level: High
Short Answer:
I would have students select their favorite electronic device (cell phone, television, game system, or computer). They would then investigate the development of the transistor and how it ties to their favorite electronic device. Working with our STEM department, students could build small robots that they would build and program to complete an obstacle course.
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Submitted: Thursday, July 29, 2021 - 23:56
Title: The Technology Timeline
Grade Level: High
Short Answer:
I would have students select their favorite electronic device (cell phone, television, game system, or computer). They would then investigate the development of the transistor and how it ties to their favorite electronic device. Working with our STEM department, students could build small robots that they would build and program to complete an obstacle course.
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Submitted: Thursday, July 29, 2021 - 23:56
Title: Food in the Military
Grade Level: High
Short Answer:
I would bring in a selection of foodstuffs from different eras of American's Military. Hardtack from the civil war (often found molded) in a wooden box, Canned Spam from World War II, and MRE's (Meals Ready to Eat) from the current military service. Students would then discuss the different packaging for each of the foods and what effect those storage systems may have. We will then discuss the effects of the storage systems in the American kitchen.
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Submitted: Friday, July 30, 2021 - 14:02
Title: Muskets vs Manpower
Grade Level: High
Short Answer:
For this assignment, I would love to have a mock “battle” where students would line up against each other in the gym and fire nerf guns at each other. Students would practice drilling, much like the British Regulars and the Colonial Armies. We would then face off at 100 feet, take a volley each, and move ten feet for each volley. If you’re hit by a nerf dart, you’re out, if you try to dodge, you’re out. See which group wins the day. We would then read primary sources about camp life and what it would be like to be in a battle during the American Revolution.
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Submitted: Saturday, July 31, 2021 - 20:31
Title: Muskets vs Manpower
Grade Level: High
Short Answer:
For this assignment, I would love to have a mock “battle” where students would line up against each other in the gym and fire nerf guns at each other. Students would practice drilling, much like the British Regulars and the Colonial Armies. We would then face off at 100 feet, take a volley each, and move ten feet for each volley. If you’re hit by a nerf dart, you’re out, if you try to dodge, you’re out. See which group wins the day. We would then read primary sources about camp life and what it would be like to be in a battle during the American Revolution.
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Submitted: Saturday, July 31, 2021 - 20:31
Title: Microscopic History
Grade Level: High
Short Answer:
Students would be engaged with stories about different diseases (smallpox, Yellow Fever, Polio, Covid-19 to name a few) that have threatened the American populations throughout our history. They would then have to research the diseases discussed, and how they have been scientifically studied and what preventative measures have been taken. Students would then write about their own experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Submitted: Saturday, July 31, 2021 - 23:43
Title: Rationing in World War II
Grade Level: High
Short Answer:
For the rationing assignment, students would be given a random number of ration stamps, and a card with a biography about their family. Students will then have too create a food budget and meal plan for a week based on the family, and the ration stamps they have been given. Once students have been given an opportunity to create their meal plan, they are given an opportunity to try and find someone to trade for the ration tickets that they needed. We would then discuss how successful they were in creating their food plan, and what other options they may have to supplement their food plan (victory gardens, hunting, etc.).
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Submitted: Monday, August 2, 2021 - 23:23
Title: The Growth of Government
Grade Level: High
Short Answer:
As a bell ringer, I would put the picture of the shoes on the smart board and I would have the students investigate the term “bureaucracy” and we would have a discussion about what they found. Then we would discuss how the two could be related. The purpose would be to get students to realize the amount of bureaucracy that is involved with the purchase of shoes for the civil war. I would then have students investigate the growth of the government by creating a timeline of the growth of the Executive branch from the Civil war until World War I. We would then discuss how this growth is reflected in the definition of “bureaucracy.
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Submitted: Thursday, August 5, 2021 - 07:18
Title: Music Soothes the Savage Beast
Grade Level: High
Short Answer:
I would do an”influences” of music lesson. Students would choose their favorite musician or musical group. They would then research the influences of those artists. Students would then create a “radio show” recording their favorite school appropriate song from their artist and conducting a mock interview of that artist. They would then choose a song from one of the influencers of their musician and talk about it on their radio show. Students will then continue to trace back the influences of their musicians as far as they can, adding to their radio show with each influential musician. The further back they can go, the better.
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Submitted: Monday, August 9, 2021 - 22:34
Title: Music Soothes the Savage Beast
Grade Level: High
Short Answer:
I would do an”influences” of music lesson. Students would choose their favorite musician or musical group. They would then research the influences of those artists. Students would then create a “radio show” recording their favorite school appropriate song from their artist and conducting a mock interview of that artist. They would then choose a song from one of the influencers of their musician and talk about it on their radio show. Students will then continue to trace back the influences of their musicians as far as they can, adding to their radio show with each influential musician. The further back they can go, the better.
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Submitted: Monday, August 9, 2021 - 22:34