In the 19th-century daily life in the United States was different from what we experience today.  The way people lived, the houses they lived in, the clothes they wore, the work they did, the food they ate, the entertainment they enjoyed, the transportation they used, the education they received affected every aspect of daily life in the 1800s. Students will compare and contrast the lives of a cross-section of people living in the United States in the 1800s. They will look at how the average European-American family lived compared to the Emigrants who were settling in the Western part of the country. Students will look at how life went from being centered around the home with the entire family working together to produce everything they needed to live to the Industrial Revolution were men and women found jobs outside the home and were able to purchase necessities. Each class meeting we will discuss a different aspect of American life in the 19th-century and how it affected men, women, and children living through it. 

Class 1: Home Sweet Home: Life of women and caring for the home and family in the 1800s.
Class 2: Endless Chores, Jump Ropes, and Jacks: Children's lives in the 1800s.
Class 3: Cornmeal and Cider and Entertainment: The food and drinks of the 1800s and how people passed the time and the sports they enjoyed. 
Class 4: The Sweat of Their Brow: Education to Occupation and employment in the 1800s.