6th Grade (UCLA, MIT, UVA)
No assignment for Spring Break.
Emory
No assignment for Spring Break.
Duke and Cambridge
Construct a short essay that answers the question: What were the positive effects of industrialization in the late 1800's? Use evidence/quotations from at least three of the documents in your packet.
8th Grade (Caltech and Johns Hopkins)
Independent Research on Jacob Riis's book, "How the other half lives".Construct an essay that answers the following questions:
1. What are Jacob Riis's attitude towards poverty?
2. What are his attitudes towards immigrants?
3. Jacob Riis was someone who thought he was helping immigrants. How could he think that of he wrote stuff like this?
4. What does this say about his audience? What were their values and beliefs?
5. What do his photographs and excerpts tell you about life in cities at the turn of the century?
No assignment for Spring Break.
Emory
No assignment for Spring Break.
Duke and Cambridge
Construct a short essay that answers the question: What were the positive effects of industrialization in the late 1800's? Use evidence/quotations from at least three of the documents in your packet.
8th Grade (Caltech and Johns Hopkins)
Independent Research on Jacob Riis's book, "How the other half lives".Construct an essay that answers the following questions:
1. What are Jacob Riis's attitude towards poverty?
2. What are his attitudes towards immigrants?
3. Jacob Riis was someone who thought he was helping immigrants. How could he think that of he wrote stuff like this?
4. What does this say about his audience? What were their values and beliefs?
5. What do his photographs and excerpts tell you about life in cities at the turn of the century?
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