1. QUICK DISCUSSION OF JOURNAL WHAT DO HISTORIANS USE TO STUDY HISTORY?

2. MATTOX HOUSE: SOME BACKGROUND  Henry Ford of Ford Automobiles used his vast wealth to build a museum  Items at Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village were ‘transplanted’ to Michigan for visitors  Part transportation museum part historical sites

3. M ATTOX H OUSE Representation of early 20 th century rural southern house Ford visits in 1934

4. T HE P ROBLEM !  In the 1980s museum officials want to redesign the exhibit but there were NO FLOORPLANS!

5. YOUR TASK  To answer this question: What was the floor plan of the Mattox house in the 1930s?  You have the following sources:  Five images of Mattox House (exterior only)  Interviews with Dr. Leslie Long, Bryan Co. Resident and Agricultural Specialist E.J. Cutler, Ford Executive (accompanied Henry Ford when he purchased the house) Charles Boles, Mattox Neighbor Carrie Mattox, Daughter Amos Mattox, Jr., Son (2 years older than Carrie)

6. E XAMINE THE EVIDENCE, FORMULATE A HYPOTHESIS, & DRAW CONCLUSIONS  Review the evidence (photos and interviews). USE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER  Decide how many rooms were in the house and their purposes.  Suggestions: You may want to start with the number of bedrooms.  Decide where the rooms are as well as other features (e.g., halls, porches).  Make a tentative floor plan. Be prepared to explain how you made your choices by providing evidence from the documents to support your claims.

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8. S O, WHAT ? What did this activity teach you about history?  History has multiple perspectives  Must consider the reliability and validity of sources

12. H OMEWORK  For tomorrow, bring in ANY primary source. Can be anything from the past…a speech, letter, diary, newspaper ads, etc  MUST BE WRITTEN AND NOT AN IMAGE  Some good websites (besides google):  The Valley of the Shadow The Valley of the Shadow  Digital History Reader Digital History Reader  DocSouth DocSouth  American Memory (from Library of Congress) American Memory  archives.gov archives.gov

13. The Results

14. E XIT T ICKET Before you leave answer the following question: What did you learn about history from the Mattox house activity?