Tenement Museum in NYC
posted by Mr. Carlisle at 9:44 AM
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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I'm a native South Carolinian and I attained my undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of South Carolina. I taught fourth grade for two years in the Mississippi Delta and two years at an alternative high school in Western North Carolina. I have been at Tigard High School since the fall of 2003, where I teach U.S. History and Psychology.
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15 Comments:
The living conditions of tenement houses were so absurdly low. I can't imagine living in one. Was the standard of living in big cites better than living independently in the country?
4:04 PM
I think city life sounds worse.
4:05 PM
Great question Thomas. I think it was all relative. A lot rural dwellers moved to the cities in the late 19th and early 20th century. Farmers can grow their own food when the Depression hits in the 1930s.
5:48 PM
What does government cheese taste like back then? If milk was mixed with additives and its the government (implying cheepness)...crunchy cheese anyone?
6:03 PM
I thought that was really cool to be able to see what tenements looked like. I liked how they researched who actually lived there and what kinds of things they had in their rooms. I would love to go and visit someday.
6:29 PM
Me too Spencer.
6:51 PM
I think it is interesting how they focus on the hope each family had and seem to downplay the difficult living conditions that the people faced. They should mention the interaction between the families in addition to the individual stories, but it is also amazing that so much effort was made to uncover the personal stories.
6:57 PM
I was on New York this summer and I didn't know about this! This would have been way more interesting than the Empire State building, I think.
8:19 PM
*in
8:20 PM
As I watched this video i'm thinking to myself if I could ever live in such a small place with 20 other people, to be honest I cant really live in my own house and its only 6 of us.
Mr. Carlisle can we take a trip to one of the tenent homes so we can actually feel the vibe of a tenent home?
9:23 PM
Hey, everyone should go to tenement.org and check out the immigration game!
9:39 PM
My parents were able to go to this museum twice (once with me, once without) and apparently there are several different tours. The one that I saw actually focused on the Baldesse family. And they talked about how tenements were used not only as living space, but often times families would set up sewing operations and work in sweatshop like conditions producing garments for the textile industry from their homes. Imagine! Now, If Ron Paul had been president...
Ron Paul 2012!!!
9:52 PM
I would go to that museum, I love going to old buildings and places where people once lived, it almost reminds me of this ghost town in Montana that I went to go visit!
7:25 AM
Wish we could have gone there in 8th grade!
7:13 PM
That doll around 1:45 shall haunt my dreams. On a more related note this seems like a really depressing standard of living. With their conditions it doesn't seem like there was any way one could better him/herself
7:49 PM
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