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Wally Web Whippet Sniffs Around |
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Find out more about the Water Cure in America.
The
following are just suggestions- pick and choose.
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link to a website:- |
| Background | A
very descriptive page from a web site about Vermont in America. This
page is all about the introduction of the Water Cure there. |
| Task | Design a Victorian advert extolling the virtues of the Brattleboro buildings. Include information about
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| How? |
Vermont Vacation.com |
| Background | Information about the creation of the first breakfast cereals. |
| Task | You are Dr. James Caleb Jackson. You have a conversation with one of your patients at "Our Home on the Hillside" explaining the benefits of both the water cure treatment and eating the new fangled breakfast cereal. The patient will obviously find both rather strange and have his/her own opinions about it! |
| How? |
Breakfast Cereal Hall of Fame web site Scroll to the bottom of the page then up eight paragraphs to read general background, but concentrate on the three paragraphs beginning "In 1859, James Caleb Jackson ......." |
| Background | Links to web sites which will provide all the necessary information to add to a time line. |
| Task | Track the history of the Water Cure in America and in particular Dr. Jackson's "Home on the Hill" |
| How? |
Print off the facts from this sheet. Open the following sites and look for dates related to the facts. Add the date to the statement and place on a time line in the classroom. Dansville's "Castle on the Hill" Preservation League of New York State Breakfast Cereal Hall of Fame web site Scroll to the bottom of the page then up seven paragraphs to extract dates Teacher's timeline on Resources page |
| Background | Dansville's Community page about "Castle on the Hill" as above |
| Task | Find out what happened in 1798 which would lead to this village's growth and its closeness with the date of birth of Vincent Priessnitz.
Little was it known that when …… only a few months later would a child be born …..miles away (research positions of both and discover rough distance if you can) .... |
| How? |
| Background | The Dansville site provides a tantalising piece of information about the dress below. |
| Task |
Follow up the two links. Do you think Florence Nightingale would have approved of these? Copy some of the illustrations either by hand or by pasting and add captions explaining their history. Can you explain how the long pants got their name of bloomers? |
| How? |
Dansville Community Home Page - History Nineteenth
Century Dress Reform in Pictures |