1)Read the document attached in the item below – a first-hand account of the life of a factory girl in the era of America’s early industrialization.
http://dist-ed.waketech.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-6146379-dt-content-rid-39618577_1/courses/2014SP.HIS.131.0001/LowellPriSource.pdf
2) Read the textbook’s coverage of this issue
3) Who is this woman’s audience? Why did she write this?
4) What are your impressions? Does any of this surprise you? Did you learn something new?
5) Respond to ONE of your classmates
6) Is it possible to be truly independent in an industrial age? Is the girl working in the factory independent? Are the farmers described by Thoreau independent? For 5 extra credit points, write a few sentences that responds to those questions.
http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/authors/thoreau/walden/
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