Unit+Three

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Look at the picture below created in 1847 by Samuel Waugh titled, //The Bay and Harbor of New York// and answer the following questions in your Unit Log that will be turned in at the end of the Unit.


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2. Do you think this is a steamship or a sailing ship? Why or why not? Why do you think the invention of steamships was such an important thing to this time period?
===Now: Get with a partner in class and pick two people in the picture to write about. Write a one-page conversation that these two immigrants are having with one another. Identify the relationship the two people have, and where you think they are from. Each group will present these to the class.===

Activity Two:
===Go to the following websites and research who Samuel Slater was and the impact of his textile mills on the Industrial Revolution. You will then write a 3 page biography on Samuel Slater. Grading will include content, proper grammer, and correct spelling. Make sure that you cite your sources using proper MLA format. The following items must be addressed in your paper. You may use any other source that you find valuable when doing research, just be sure to cite your sources.===


 * Slaters date of birth and death.
 * When he came to the United States and why.
 * Slaters first venture in the United States.
 * What impact he had on the on the Industrial Revolution.
 * Any other interesting facts?

[|Samuel Slater]
[|Samuel Slater Biography]

[|Slater and the Industrial Revolution]

Activity Three:
===You will be assigned a group where you will work together to create a brochure of the National Road and the Erie Canal. You will be given a website in which will aid you in the layout of the brochure as well as give you pictures and maps that will be included. You must write four paragraphs and document in your Unit journal who did what work. There will be four paragraphs included in the brochure as well as a title which needs to be relevant to the time period.===


 * Photo Set One: George Washington
 * Photo Set Two: National Road
 * Photo Set Three: Erie Canal Today
 * Photo Set Four: Soujourner Rover


 * Photo Set One: Thomas Jefferson
 * Photo Set Two: Erie Canal
 * Photo Set Three: Lowell's Mills
 * Photo Set Four: Transporation Today

Activity Four:
===In this activity you will work with your designated groups to create a posterboard to be displayed in the classroom on the person the group will be assigned. Your poster will be graded on content, creativity, neatness, and spelling/gammer. Make sure to include the following items:===



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 * At least one picture of the person (Not the one that I have provided).
 * Lots of color
 * A short biography (No more than 300 words).
 * What they did to become an important historical figure.
 * Anything else you might find interesting about the person

Group 1: P.T. Barnum


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Group 4: Sojourner Truth


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Group 6: Elizabeth Cady Stanton


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 * Pictures at top cited:**
 * Slavery:** 3 Dec. 2007 .


 * Cotton Gin:** 3 Dec. 2007 .


 * Lowell Mill:** 3 Dec. 2007 .