Primary Source Activities: Crusader's Appeal
Author: Karen Baker
Grade(s): 8
Description
Allow students, in groups or individually, to examine the primary source linked under Resources to the right, while answering the questions below in order. The questions are designed to guide students into a deeper analysis of the source and sharpen associated cognitive skills.
Level I: Description
1.Describe what you see in the image. Where was this song written? Who is supposed to sing this song?
Level II: Interpretation
1.What do you think the title means? What is the purpose of the song? Which amendment or amendments does this relate to? How might the music have been used? Where might the music have been used? How might people have advertised songs before the time of records, or electricity or radio?
Level III: Analysis
1. Why were women important to the temperance movement? What kind of function does music serve in a movement? Why would someone want to write this song?
Standards
- History 9-10, Benchmark B: Explain the social, political and economic effects of industrialization.
- Indicator: Grade 10, GLI 1. Explain the effects of industrialization in the United States in the 19th century including: e. The emergence of a middle class and its impact on leisure, art, music, literature and other aspects of culture.
