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Chapter 2

1. In1619,everyoneinVirginiawasrequiredtoattendservicesontheSabbath.Howwould
   thisrequirementaffectustoday?


2. “Frombothnineteenth-centuryfictionandscienceemergesthebelief inchildhoodasa
   special realm, a place to which adults can never return but which they can always
   remember.”(Brown, 2003). This statement is said to express the overwhelming myth
   pervadingthehistoryofchildhoodinearlyAmerica.Doyouagree?Whyorwhynot?


3. Which of the family types profiled in this chapter most closely fits your idea of the
   ideal family? Explain.

Activities:

1. CompareandcontrastaclassicTV/movieseries(LittleHouseonthePrairie,Christy,
   Bonanza,etc.) with this chapter.


2. Find your ancestors’ immigration records at: http://www.ellisisland.org (accessed
   June 23,2009)


3. Website:PBSquizondailylifefordifferentsocialgroups:http://pbskids.org/stanton
   anthony/day_in_life.html (accessed June 23,2009)

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