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  1. History Assessments
  2. Sourcing
  3. World War I and the 1920s
  4. Edison and the Kansas Housewife
Topic: U.S. History
Historical Skills: Sourcing, Contextualization
Time Period: World War I and the 1920s
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Alternative Versions of Assessment

  • Debate Over the League of Nations
  • Labor Movement in the 1930s

Edison and the Kansas Housewife

This exercise measures sourcing and contextualization. Students read a letter from a Kansas housewife to Thomas Edison. Students then select two facts that help them determine whether Mrs. Lathrop was typical of American women in the 1920s. Students must select the facts that allow them to explain why Mrs. Lathrop was atypical.

1921 Letter from Lathrop to Edison

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Alternative Versions of Assessment

  • Debate Over the League of Nations

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