Historic Cherry Hill
Kittie Putman and the Cherry Hill Household, 1860-1884
A teaching unit for fourth grade teachers
After her mother's death in 1860, three year old Kittie Putman was sent to live with relatives at Cherry Hill in Albany, New York. This is the story of Kittie, a real American girl, who led a life of both adversity and privilege. Using primary sources and lessons, this unit explores Kittie's daily activities in the Cherry Hill household, where the lives of people of different social positions, genders, ages, and races were closely intertwined.
Designed to meet New York State Social Studies Standard 1: History of the United States and New York.
Contains facsimiles of almost 100 primary sources including letters, diaries, photographs, school compositions, census records, receipts, cartoons, floor plans, sheet music, and trade cards from the collections of Historic Cherry Hill, the New York State Library, the Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, and other repositories.
Features 45 lessons with interdisciplinary and hands-on activities as well as answer keys, student worksheets, information sheets, transcriptions of primary sources, and more.
Developed for classroom use, independent of a field trip to Historic Cherry Hill.
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School and Library Rate--$20
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