lifeinthe19thcenturyka08

EQ: Is life better now or then? Figure out whether your life is "better" than someone living in the early 19th century using the [|data base] of 19th Century (1800-1899) primary and secondary source documents from Old Sturbridge Village. In class we will discuss what "better" means. Hmmmmm....you must utilize at least two primary and two secondary sources.

General guidelines:

Pick two topics that you will research. Find four things from the 19th Century about each topic. Find a primary source example for each. Compare and contrast them with the 21st Century Come to a conclusion on whether life was better in the 19th Century or the 21st Century

= Jobs =


 * Example 1**

13 to 16 years of age the boys would usually be apprentices. //Pri Source evidence//

Lynne Bassett, 1997, papers and articles
 * Example 2**

Girls as teenagers usually worked as spinners, and weavers on a powered water machinary. Another job for girls is helping in a neighborhood and doing laundry, chores, sewing, cooking, and child care. //Pri source evidence// Lynne Bassett, 1997, papers and articles another job that people would do was make cider. you would first pick your appels, then you would bring them down to the mill.
 * Example 3**

//Pri Source evidence//

Dennis D. Picard, January, 1985, papers and articles


 * Example 4**

they made jackets out of wool, from sheep. //Pri source evidence// Amasa Walker, 1873, Reminiscence

Conclusion My conclusion is that life is better now, because most people do not have to do so much hard labor like they had to do in the 19th century. Our life jobs are so much easier compared to the these ones, because now we have so much technology, that all the machines will pratically do all of our work.