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<\/a>Joining the transcontinental railroad at Promontory Point, Fri 9\/11 Workshop Day. Bring your textbook to class (if you have an e-book, bring your laptop or tablet), we will be working with the Documents in Chapters 14 and 15. Mon 9\/14 The Age of Organization: Industry. Reading: Ch 16. SkillBuilder #1 due<\/strong> in or before class.<\/p>\n Wed 9\/16 The Age of Organization: Farmers, Workers. Reading: Ch 17<\/p>\n Fri 9\/18 Workshop Day. Bring your textbook to class (if you have an e-book, bring your laptop or tablet), we will be working with the Documents in Chapters 16 and 17.<\/p>\n Mon 9\/21 Cities, Immigrants, Nation. Reading: Ch 18. SkillBuilder #2 due<\/strong> in or before class.<\/p>\n Update:<\/strong> my 11:30 class got me talking about trolleys and cities… here’s the film I mentioned from 1906 showing a trip down Market Street<\/a> in San Francisco. It’s 11 minutes of the city as it really was, filmed only a few days before the big earthquake. Of course the original is a silent film (so you can watch it with the sound down for historical accuracy), but there are various Youtube versions out there with sound added. So you could take your pick, for example, of HD picture quality with dramatic haunting cinema-type music<\/a> or full-on realistic (but fake) sound design<\/a>. Or just watch the raw footage: <\/p>\n
Utah, in 1869<\/em><\/p><\/div>Wed 9\/9 Frontier Encounters. Reading: Ch 15<\/p>\n
\nLink: Library of Congress Primary Source Analysis Tool<\/a><\/p>\n