Ellen Swallow Richards Project

During the second half of the semester, after a lecture on Urban Environmental Reform and a guest speaker visit, you will begin developing a project centered on documents about the work of sanitarians like Ellen Swallow Richards.  To help with this, there will be a set of three readings on reserve (a biography of Richards and two of her books).  Your task will be to use relevant course materials, insights and information from the guest speaker, as well as parts of the readings on reserve to create either, 1) an interdisciplinary lesson plan, with document-based exercises, appropriate for high school-level students or 2) an 8-10 minute class presentation, using various document excerpts, that includes Powerpoint slides.  Although I will discuss some detailed criteria closer to the project start date, I encourage you to be creative with the assignment, choosing some aspect of public health history or Ellen Swallow Richards that particularly interests you.  A project proposal (1-2 pages) is due Nov. 6^th, a written version of the lesson (4-5 pages) is due on Dec. 4^th, and we will start with presentations that same day.  The project is worth 30 percent of your course grade.

Please use the following template for your final Lesson Plan –

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Required Materials:

Historical Background (Lead-In):

List and Explanation of Exercises:

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