Emily's+Final+Project+Web+Sites

=3-2-D: Data, Documents, and Cartoons= [] An advertisement for a new Corn Mill.

[] This is a rather interesting political cartoon. I had never heard of tree octopus' before. It describes what the phrase "an octopus in a saw mill" that was used when something at the mill went wrong or got messy. These tree octopus' live in the Pacific Northwest forests and are amphibious. When a tree is being logged, they will hide deep in the trunk, not to be found until it's mutilated by the saw mill. This obviously caused "messy" problems. If I use this political cartoon students would be learning about the tree octopus, but also about some 'slang' used at saw mills.

[] This is the Historical Society of Perry County's website. It in includes an online "tour" of sixteen working and non-working mills. There is a photograph of each mill and a description of its location, who built it, when it was in service, what type of mill it is, how it is powered, and in some cases who owns it today.

[] This site is an excerpt from an interview with Henry Boucher, a French Canadian textile worker in Rhode Island. It will be used to teach students what it was like to work in a mill. This second site is similar to the first. []

[] This is a poem written by a women who worked in a textile mill during the Great Depression. Students would learn the danger involved in this job.

[] Mill terminology.

[] Excerpts from //A Historical Sketch of Sturbridge and Southbridge// written in 1856. It describes how the town changed after the addition of the mill.

=4-D: Photos and Posters= [] This site features pictures and a brief history of mills across the country. You can search by state and then county. PA has the most mills on this site (714). There are several mills listed from Perry County. [] This link takes you to Shoaff's Mill at Little Buffalo State Park. Most students have seen this mill while at the park and several have probably toured it.

[] This isn't exactly a poster. It is a an advertisment from Bushwick Mills in 1858 with different recipes using "Army Flour." I thought it was neat, but I might not use it.

[] On this page is a picture "Union Mills Inc. Harder Dept., Hudson NY from 1917-1918. It is an image of 2 men working in a mill that made knitted undergarments. The men's job was the "stoke" the fire. I could use it as an example of a different type of mill and one of the jobs at this mill. Students would be able to see the type of equipment used and also what the men wore. They might conclude this was a hot and dirty job. This picture is from the same site of children working in unsafe conditions at a textile mill. [] I stumbled upon this site of a man who used to work in a mill along with his father and grandfather. It has great pictures, a flow chart of how grain is milled, pictures of a grinding stone, and commentary about what mill work is like and also a lot of general information about mills. I particularly like it because it focuses on mills in Venango County, PA where my grandmother lives and I recognize the bridge in the first photograph. Also, there are references to Waterford and Drake, PA which is close to where my family is from.

[] Again, this site contains several photographs. Some of them appear to be primary sources from 1313 and 1586 of water wheel diagrams. The last photograph is a good image of a water wheel. There is also information about water wheels at this site. [] This is another page from the same website. I would use it for students to gain information about the Roman mill, Barbegal. There is also a good map of the aqueduct leading to this mill, a diagram of what the mill may have looked like, as well as pictures of what the site looks like today.

[] This is a poster from Canada recruiting men to work at the sawmills to help the WWI effort. I could use it to show students the different types of jobs associated with a sawmill, a lumber jack.

=5-D-1: Local Audio and Music= This sheet music is called "The Millers Song." The song was written in the 1800s, possibly in the 1860s but I found one source saying 1846. It is about a mill that a young couple used to visit. The miller has died and along with it, the end of an era. The mill was torn down and replaced by a factory. It speaks of days gone by. I might use it for the students to understand with the end of mills comes the end of a lifestyle.
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[] This sheet music has a good cover picture of a mill on it. Students could use this to make a picture of their own mill. Perhaps they could even come up with a title to a song about mills and create their own sheet music cover.

[] This sheet music is similiar to the first two in that the lyrics are to a love song and it reminises to a day of love and meeting at the mill. I think the images on the cover are good because they show the river/stream next to the mill with a couple in a boat and there is another good picture of a watermill. Again, students could use this sheet music like the above posted sheet music to create their own cover about a mill.

[] This song, //Farmyard Medley// is a cute song first written in 1901 and then recorded in 1918. From this students could learn what quartets were and sounded like. The lyrics are a medley of different farm animals sounds and different farm songs including the poem //Mary Had a Little Lamb.//

[] This is an audio recording of an interview with a plant manager of a fabric-weaving mill in New Jersey. The manager is describing the different jobs available at the mill and how long employees usually stay on the job. By lisenting to this, students would understand the different types of jobs at a fabric-weaving mill.

[] This is a clip from 1955 interview of a man whose father took him to the textile mill where he worked to see the working conditions in hopes that his son would have a better life than him. The man lived up to his father's expectations and became U.S. Senator Frank J. Lautenberg. Students would be able to hear a description of how aweful it would be to work in a textile mill.

=6-D-1: Maps and Video= [] This is a neat video from early America showing how logs were transported by water to the saw mills. I thought this would be a neat video for students to watch because they can see how dangerous this job would be and we could discuss the importance of water in civilizations, not just for food. Logging in Maine.

[] This is a detailed tour of a water powered grist mill in Niagara. The students could watch and take notes on how a grist mill works and use that information for their final project.

[] This map showing barley and rye in 1880 could be compared to the chart on this site: [] in order to compare the production of barley. Students would see how much the production as increased in the last 100+ years.

[] In partners, students would look up the location of several mills, perferably mills (working and non-working) that they recognize from driving around the county. Using Google Maps, satellite, students would find the locations of these mills on the map. I believe Google leaves a 'push pin' at every location you look for. Students would compare the locations of all nonworking mills with the mills in use today. What does the location of the more numerous and older, non-working mills tell us about travel/communication in the early 1900s. How far about are the working mills today? What does that tell us about travel/communication today. How might the relationship between mill owners and customers be different in the past compared with today? Students would also label mills and possibly (large) farms (I'd give them this information) on a map of Perry County.

[] Two minute video clip from the history channel on ancient Roman water wheels. This would help the students learn how early water wheels worked.