"What Else Could We Endure?" The American Underclass, A Chapter in U.S. Social History as Told through the Eyes of a Woman. Lesson Plan.

Bahan, Sandranel

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Publication Date: 2000

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"What Else Could We Endure?" The American Underclass, A Chapter in U.S. Social History as Told through the Eyes of a Woman. Lesson Plan.

Bahan, Sandranel

OAH Magazine of History, v14 n2 p22-23 Win 2000

Describes a lesson for students in grades 8-12 where they watch a video from the PBS "American Experience" series that used the diary of Martha Moore Ballard, a U.S. midwife, to create a docudrama. Explains that the video helps students understand the harshness of life in the United States during the eighteenth-century. (CMK)

Descriptors: Diaries, Documentaries, Educational Strategies, Females, Gender Issues, Middle Schools, Secondary Education, Social Class, Social History, Social Studies, United States History

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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