Screencast on Gender in the 17th through 19th centuries
Learning Outcomes
* Gather, interpret, and assess information from a variety of sources and points of view. Evaluate evidence and arguments critically or analytically.
* Produce well-reasoned written or oral arguments using evidence to support conclusions.
* Analyze and explain one or more major themes of U.S. history from more than one informed perspective.
* Evaluate how indigenous populations, slavery, or immigration have shaped the development of the United States.
Primary Sources:
* Blackwell, A.S. (1917). Answering Objections to Women’s Suffrage. Retrieved from http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/20-the-progressive-era/alice-stone-blackwell-answering-objections-to-womens-suffrage-1917/
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* Bailey, A. (1815). Abigail Bailey Escapes an Abusive Relationship. Retrieved from http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/the-early-republic/abigail-bailey-escapes-an-abusive-relationship-1815/
Secondary sources:
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* Winter, T. (2004). Industrialization. In B. Carroll, (Ed.) American masculinities: an historical encyclopedia. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (Available as a PDF attachment under “Secondary and Primary Sources Reading” and on e-reserve through the Baruch Library).
* From the American Yawp: “Changes in gender and family life,” “Women’s rights in Antebellum America,” “Reconstruction and women.” (Locke, J. and Wright, B. (Eds). (2017). The American yawp. Retrieved from http://www.americanyawp.com)
