History and Genealogy Resources - Ancestry Library, Heritage Quest and Sanborn Maps.
Advanced Challenge
1. Searching for "ship" and "titanic" in the picture section of Ancestry, gave me photos of the Olympic and Republic which were sister ships to the Titanic. The Magestic may also be a sister, but it said it's sister was Teutonic, which may be a typo. It's also possible there was a Teutonic which means I need to do some more research on all those ships.
2. My search for news about the Hindenburg were completely unsuccessful. As a Genealogist, I wouldn't use Ancestry.com or Ancestry Library to find information about a particular event. It's much easier to discover information about people who were somehow involved with an event. For example, both of my great-great grandfathers served in the Civil War for the Grand Army of the Republic. With Ancestry I could find out where they fought and when they fought. I found out that both of them fought the Battle of Vicksburg but on different days. I also found out that one of my great-great grandfathers was in Company F, 8th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin and they took an eagle named "Ole Abe" into battle with them for every fight. The eagle survived and became very famous. On Ancestry.com I have found pictures of the eagle. If the student knew someone who was connected to the Hindenburg, then I would use this resource.
3. A PERSI seach for Charles Mix, South Dakota came back with 29 results. Some of most promising were maps of the county from the early 1900's. Also a few family histories might be helpful as well. The best information was found searching the book section which resulted in the "History of Charles Mix County" and I could look through it. Great stuff!
Common Core Connections
C11-12RH/SS1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.
Heritage Quest and Sanborn Maps would help meet this standard by using them to find primary and secondary sources. With Ancestry Library and Heritage Quest students could use the Census data to try to understand how people lived before. For example, in the 1880 census, students may find a 14 year old girl who's occupation was"servant" and also find that she was not the daughter of that family.
They could research
1) what exactly was meant by "servant"
2) why were young people working outside their homes at the time?
3) what was a possible reason that they left home at a young age to work?
4) was it a common practice at the time?
3. A PERSI seach for Charles Mix, South Dakota came back with 29 results. Some of most promising were maps of the county from the early 1900's. Also a few family histories might be helpful as well. The best information was found searching the book section which resulted in the "History of Charles Mix County" and I could look through it. Great stuff!
Common Core Connections
C11-12RH/SS1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.
Heritage Quest and Sanborn Maps would help meet this standard by using them to find primary and secondary sources. With Ancestry Library and Heritage Quest students could use the Census data to try to understand how people lived before. For example, in the 1880 census, students may find a 14 year old girl who's occupation was"servant" and also find that she was not the daughter of that family.
They could research
1) what exactly was meant by "servant"
2) why were young people working outside their homes at the time?
3) what was a possible reason that they left home at a young age to work?
4) was it a common practice at the time?
Good work, Annie! There is a ship named Teutonic, with its sister ship, Magestic, neither "related" to the Titantic. What you found about your family's involvement in the Civil War is awesome!! And I agree that it's easier to find people than events. You may like to look at other blogs to see what people found about the Hindenburg and how they did it. Excellent Common Core connection. I would hope this lesson would make students appreciate their lives today! Thanks for your comments!
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