Invention of the Steamboat
Description
Author John Steele Gordon discusses Robert Fulton's steamboat and the monopoly that he and his partner obtained for steam-powered navigation.
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Wall Street Runs on Steam
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the success of the Erie Canal and the early railroads, which led to the early success of the New York Stock Exchange.
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Child Labor Reform in the Progressive Era
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, at the turn of the 20th century, progressive reformers turned their attention to the nearly two million children working, often in unhealthy or dangerous work environments.
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Muckraking Journalism
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces "muckrakers," the investigative journalists of the early 20th century so-called because they unearthed corruption in corporate America.
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The Standard Oil Octopus Cartoon
Description
Corporate power is often depicted in the image of a monster in late 19th-century cartoons. Josh Brown of the American Social History Project explains one cartoon about Standard Oil.
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The Rise of Labor Unions
Description
As America's factories grew in the late 19th century, so did the demands for unions as workers struggled with long hours, low wages, and dangerous working conditions.
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Bosses of the Senate
Description
Historian Josh Brown of the American Social History Project examines a cartoon from Puck, the famous satirical weekly of the Gilded Age, which describes the U.S. Senate as a club for millionaires.
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Integrating Field Research Activities into Classroom Curricula
Description
Participants in this program will learn to integrate field research activities into their classroom curricula using the Schoodic Education Adventure program. The two-day institute investigates opportunities to collect field data, apply it to classroom lessons across the curricula, and connect it to real world applications in America's national parks.
Participants will create schoolyard investigation kits to take back to their classrooms; be introduced to outdoor, field-based activities that can be reproduced in a number of settings; learn classroom-based activities relating to science, social studies, technology, math, language arts, small group communication, public speaking, art, health, and citizenship; use GPS units and computers to create digital maps of study sites; and qualify for student scholarships and transportation assistance to take their students to the Schoodic Education Adventure program.
Workshop activities highlight studying forest community structure, marine biodiversity, geology, soil development, and New England history.
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Acadia National Park
Phone number
207-288-8808
Target Audience
4-8
Start Date
Cost
$225. Stipend and scholarships are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Course Credit
CEUs arranged through the University of Maine.
Contact Title
SEA Director
Duration
Two days
End Date
Consumer Culture in the Late 19th Century
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, in the late 19th century, the construction of giant retail stores and the creation of mail-order catalogs brought about a new era of mass consumption in the United States.
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Portrait of Samuel Morse
Description
In this Face-to-face Talk, Ann Shumard of the National Portrait Gallery details the life of Samuel Morse (17911872), including his early interest in portraiture and art, his career as an inventor and his work on the telegraph, and his support of Louis Daguerre's daguerreotype.
This lecture is a repeat of node identification number 21992.