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Assignments
Section Assignment | | Final Paper
Section Assignment:
On the basis of what you have learned from exploring the Harper's
Weekly illustration and the related links on this Web site,
answer the following questions:
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on this thumbnail image to see the full-sized version in the
Slide Carousel)
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- What does the arrangement of artifacts tell you about
popular understandings of New England history in the 1870s?
- What role do the captions play in this portrayal?
- How did the journalists who wrote about the exhibit understand
its significance?
- Judging from the clothing worn by the women and the tools
and activities portrayed, what period or periods are represented?
- Which if any of the relics displayed in Philadelphia in
1876 was an authentic "Pilgrim" relic?
- Which if any date from the revolutionary period (circa
1776)?
- Compare the Harper's image with the other
views of the New England Farm House on the Web site.
How do these images alter your understanding of the exhibit?
- What 19th century perceptions portrayed in the exhibit
persist today?
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Final Paper:
Later in the semester, we will supply detailed instructions for
the final paper. Basically, it will ask you to redesign an existing
museum, monument, or exhibit or to prepare a proposal for a new
one. As you work through the Old-Time Farm-House site, be thinking
of ways to use it in a final project.
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