October 13, Friday
Nash, Chapter 9, pp. 291-309
Bailey 12A4,5     12B1,2,3

October 16, Monday
Nash, Chapter 10, pp. 316-335
The Leading Villages in Vermont in 1840  by T.D. Seymour Bassett (handout)

October 17, Tuesday
 Pass back and go over examination
Bailey 15D1,2,3   15E1
500 Miles of Trouble and Excitement: Vermont Railroads, 1848-1861 by T.D. Seymour Bassett (handout)

October 23, Monday
video: Sins of Our Mothers

October 24, Tuesday
 Field Trip to Forest Dale Ironworks

October 25, Wednesday
Prevention Convention - no class

 October 26, Thursday
Garraty, Samuel Slater Imports a Revolution by Arnold Welles, pp. 348-359
Away from Home: The Working Girls of Lowell
Introduction to The Lowell Offering  by Benita Eisler
Bailey 15A1,2,3,4,5  15C4,5
Davy Crockett visits Lowell (handout)
Assignment Due: Make up a series of letters and/or diary entries primarily in the voice of a Lowell mill girl sometime between 1835-1850. Begin with the girl leaving home to work in the mills and end with her leaving the mills at least one year later. You are striving to make this as realistic and believable as possible. Suggested length: 1200 words.

 October 27, Friday
Nash, Chapter 10, pp. 335-350

 October 30, Monday
Nash, "Family Paintings" pp. 342-343
Garraty, The Education of Women by Elaine Kendall, pp. 314-327
Soft Sawder by Thomas Chandler Haliburton, The Little Graves from The Second Reader by Salem Town, excerpt from The Mother's Book by Lydia Maria Child, Victorian Vignettes  and selections from Shock-Headed Peter (Struwwelpeter) (handout)
 Larkin, Chapters: 2,3,4
 FOOD!!!!! recipes to follow

October 31, Tuesday
Unit Examination