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Primary Source Activities

Cuyahoga County Ohio Atlas

Author: Maggie Bailey

Grade(s): 10

Description

Allow students, in groups or individually, to examine the primary source linked under Resources to the right, while answering the questions below in order. The questions are designed to guide students into a deeper analysis of the source and sharpen associated cognitive skills.

Level I: Description
1. Describe what you see.
2. Where is this and when?

Level II: Interpretation
1. What indications are there of how the people made a living?

Level III: Analysis
1. How does this illustration demonstrate the effect of westward migration?

Standards

  • History 9-10, Benchmark B: Explain the social, political and economic effects of industrialization.
    • Indicator: Grade 10, GLI 1. Explain the effects of industrialization in the United States in the 19th century including: d. Urbanization.

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