19th+Century+Compare+and+Contrast+MA09

__**Topic #1: Work/chores**__ //Pri Source evidence: Sunday, Wrote some & read some of the N. England Farmers*, found them interesting. http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=1163 Sunday 17th: Staid to home all day http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=2001
 * Example 1: No work was done on Sunday**

//Pri source evidence: Dec. 17— Very cold. I made sixteen dozen of candles. // http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=75
 * Example 2: women made candles**

//Pri Source evidence: Apr. 27— I began to draw in a Piece of linnen. Apr. 28— I finished drawing in the Piece & wove five Yards. // http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=75
 * Example 3: Women wove their own clothing**

//Pri source evidence: May 7, Thursday. Pleasant morn, wind NW, some cool. Planting corn in the old ground, north side of the field. May 8, Friday. Overcast in the morn, fair weather in the afternoon. I myself planting corn, the boys a-plowing for Br. Wheeler.// http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=1142
 * Example 4: Some men had to work on the farm**

__**Topic #2: School Subjects**__

//Pri Source evidence: Monday 11th: Went to school, cyphered* and read http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=2001
 * Example 1: Cyphering (math) and reading**

//Pri source evidence: Friday 15th: Went to school got through my Carltons Arithmetic// http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=2001
 * Example 2: Arithmetic**

//Pri Source evidence: Friday 22nd: went to school all day and studied bookkeeping// http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=2001
 * Example 3: Bookkeeping**

//Pri source evidence: Jan. 20— I am writing Grammar.// http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=75
 * Example 4: Grammar**

I conclude that it is easier to live in today's society. In the 19th century the children/teenagers had to work and do chores every day, except Sunday, and today we don't have to do that much as far as chores go. In the 19th century the men had to work in the fields to plant corn so that they could eat. Today, we can just go to the store and buy corn if we want it. The women had to make their own clothing, while today we can just go out and buy our clothing. In schools they didn't really have enough money to buy the supplies they needed, such as textbooks, in order for the children to get a proper education. Today, our school has enough money, not only for textbooks, but for computers and laptops as well. It is definitely easier to live today than it was then.
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