timing:
- Murphysboro Paving Brick Company
1909 - 1931
resource list:
- Murphysboro Paving Brick Company and the Panama Canal
Brick by Brick: Murphysboro company's product goes around the world
The Southern Illinoisan - Oct 18, 2011
Panama Canal Information - FREE on TpT
Panama Canal Graphic Organizer - FREE on TpT
(which we did instead of the reading comprehension questions)
Coal Mines in Illinois:
Murphysboro Quadrangle
Jackson County, Illinois (PDF)
Illinois State Geological Survey
location of the Murphysboro Paving Brick Company Shale Mine
The 1925 Tri-State Tornado Damage Path and Associated Storm System (PDF)
Electronic Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology
Appendix C: Supplemental Material
first-hand accounts from workers at the brick plant, pp.C13-C14
In my overview of this block, I wrote that we wanted to visit the Jackson County Historical Society in Murphysboro, Illinois.
This portion of the block is the perfect tie-in!
I would like the children to see what kinds of historical materials are kept, how the different resources are carefully stored, and what steps people generally follow when they want to research a topic. We can use the brick plant that was located in Murphysboro as our example.
artifacts:
vintage "Egyptian" brick
follow ups:
it would be fun to
Learn About the Telegraph!
- On October 10, 1913, President
Woodrow Wilson pressed a button
in his White House office and caused
an explosion 4,000 miles away.
The blast occurred when a spark of electricity traveled across a telegraph cable that connected Washington, D.C. to Panama.
CANAL IS OPENED BY WILSON'S FINGER; Gamboa Dike Blown Away as President in Washington Presses Button.
The New York Times - Oct 11, 1913
Practice Morse Code!
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