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1. With the inability in the early years of the 21
st
century to reach a consensus on what the social studies standards should be for K-12, the following Framework is the most up-to-date document as far as I know.
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Connecticut State Department of Education, “Social Studies Curriculum Framework,” http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/pdf/curriculum/Curriculum_Root_Web_Folder/frsocst.pdf.
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2. For an extensive discussion of the State Department of Education literacy/language arts standards see the SDE curriculum and instruction website at http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2618&q=320866&sdenav_gid=1757
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3. Thomas J. Schlereth, “Material Culture and Cultural Research,” in
Material Culture: A Research Guide
(Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas, 1985).
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4. Jules David Prown, “Mind in Matter: An Introduction to Material Culture Theory and Method,” (1982).
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5. Thomas J. Schlereth in Carroll W. Pursell, “The History of Technology and the Study of Material Culture,” in
Material Culture:A Research Guide
(Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas, 1985).
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6. E. McClung Fleming, “Early American Decorative Arts as Social Documents,”
The Mississippi Valley Historical Review
45, no. 2 (1958).’ It is worth noting that in terms of Jules Prown’s methodology these elements fall mainly within the stages of description and deduction.
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7. Melinda Young Frye, “The Beginnings of the Period Room in American Museums: Charles P. Wilcomb’s Colonial Kitchens, 1896, 1906, 1910,” in
The Colonial Revival in America
, ed. Alan Axelrod and Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. (New York: Norton, 1985). Wilcomb describes what his goal is as ‘With it I propose to illustrate in a simple but effective manner the modes of life of our forefathers and ancestors. To accomplish this the interior of the exhibition room should be made to harmonize with the exhibits. All I require is a low ceiling with rafters, ceilings and walls covered with plain pine boards; two or three windows, and an imitation fireplace.’ P.223-224
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8. Ibid.
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9. Katherine C. Grier, “The Decline of the Memory Palace: The Parlor after 1890,” in American Home Life, 1880-1930 : A Social History of Spaces and Services, ed. Jessica H. Foy and Thomas J. Schlereth (Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee, 1992).
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10. Ibid.
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11. Ellen Lupton, J. Abbott Miller, and MIT List Visual Arts Center., The Bathroom, the Kitchen, and the Aesthetics of Waste : A Process of Elimination : Mit List Visual Arts Center (Cambridge, Mass. New York, NY: The Center; Distributed by Princeton Architectural Press, 1992).
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12. Ibid.
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13. Connecticut State Department of Education, “The Condition of Education in Connecticut,” (Hartford, CT: Connecticut State Department of Education, 2007).
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14. -, “Connecticut’s English Language Learners 2000-2005,” (Hartford, CT: Connecticut State Department of Education, 2007).
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15. -, “Connecticut Strategic School Profiles,” Connecticut State Department of Education, http://www.csde.state.ct.us/public/cedar/profiles/index.htm#go..
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16. Margo H. Gottlieb, Assessing English Language Learners : Bridges from Language Proficiency to Academic Achievement (Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Corwin Press, 2006).
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17. Ibid.
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18. Ruth Helen Yopp and Hallie Kay Yopp, “Ten Important Words Plus: A Strategy for Building Word Knowledge,” The Reading Teacher 61, no. 2 (2007), Schlereth, “Material Culture and Cultural Research.”
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19. http://www.noogenesis.com/pineapple/blind_men_elephant.html
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20. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image%3ABlind_monks_examining_an_elephant.jpg?uselang=en
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21. Schlereth, “Material Culture and Cultural Research.” pp. 3-4
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22. Prown, “Mind in Matter: An Introduction to Material Culture Theory and Method.”
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23. Thomas J. Schlereth in Pursell, “The History of Technology and the Study of Material Culture.”
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24. Victorian magazine: http://www.victorianamagazine.com/
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25. Here there is a great website to find blueprints of homes that the students can use for such an activity: http://www.eplans.com/
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26. Ellen Richards, “Housekeeping in the Twentieth Century,”
American Kitchen Magazine
, March 1900 1900.
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27. http://www.nrm.org/page109
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28. http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Breaking-Home-Ties-Posters_i52202_.htm
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29. http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/display_image.php?id=48454
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30. http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/1338.html