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Era 7: Emergence of Modern America -
           1890 to 1930


Program

Living History and Classroom Presentations

The 1890s: Depression and Gold Fever
Frank Barker was born and raised in Keene and lived through the Depression of 1893 and went off to seek wealth and adventure during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-1898 in the Yukon Territory of Canada. Tom Haynes, HSCC's Director of Education will talk about the 1890s and how the depression effected life in Cheshire County and the country, and will retell Barker's adventures during the Klondike Gold Rush from his photographs and letters.

History Packets

HP 1 Keene During the 1920s
A social history of Keene during the 1920s.

Lesson Plans

LP 4 Child Labor & Progressive Reform in New Hampshire
This lesson plan is design for grades 9-12, yet can be adapted for middle school students. It was developed in conjunction with a traveling exhibit created and mounted by the New Hampshire Historical Society entitled Before Their Time: Child Labor Through the Lens of Lewis Hine. This lesson plan consists of background information and an article on child labor and progressive reform in New Hampshire; 13 images taken by Lewis Hine of child laborers in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine between 1909 and 1911; 6 activities, which include reading comprehension and questions, classroom discussion questions, photograph and political cartoon analysis, writing, and drawing; and bibliography.
LP 5 Lewis Hine and Child Labor: Photographic Interpretation
This lesson plan is design for students studying New Hampshire history and developing skills in photographic interpretation. It was developed in conjunction with a traveling exhibit created and mounted by the New Hampshire Historical Society entitled Before Their Time: Child Labor Through the Lens of Lewis Hine. This lesson plan consists of background information on Lewis Hine, child labor, and progressive reform in New Hampshire; 13 images taken by Lewis Hine of child laborers in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine between 1909 and 1911; classroom discussion questions; activities on photographic interpretation; and bibliography.

Time Lines

TL   7 Keene, New Hampshire: 1890 to 1930
TL 11 Keene in the 1920s

Monadnock Moments

MM 003    Carleton Ellis, Margarine Inventor
MM 009    Marlow Fire of 1916
MM 010    Thayer Portable Houses
MM 011    The Murder of Asahel Dunton
MM 016    The Steamobile Company of America
MM 019    The Newburyport Silver Company
MM 037    "Watch the Wear" Overalls
MM 056    Tiffin's Business Institute
MM 063    The Leffingwell Hotel
MM 069    Poison in the Sugar
MM 075    The Apollo Exerciser
MM 081    Traffic Regulations of 1914
MM 085    The Bank in the Jewelry Store
MM 089    The Dream of Shinbone Shack
MM 094    The Thompson Nine
MM 105    A Message from the Sky
MM 115    A President Visits Cheshire County
MM 140    George Polley, Dare-Devil
MM 143    Temple Lithia Spring
MM 144    Keene's Record Holder
MM 145    Crash at the Driving Park
MM 171    The Horatian Tower
MM 179    Murder in Mexico
MM 180    Keene's First Airport
MM 184    Mason Calls England
MM 190    The Keene, Marlow and Newport Electric Railroad


To reserve any of these educational materials, please contact the Director of Education, Tom Haynes by email or at 352-1895.


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