Civil War Cynthiana: Census Case Study of a Divided Community

Autor/in	Headle, Barbara
Titel	Civil War Cynthiana: Census Case Study of a Divided Community
Quelle	In: Geography Teacher, 16 (2019) 3, S.118-121 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1933 8341
DOI	10.1080/19338341.2019.1624588
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; United States History; Census Figures; Slavery; History Instruction; Primary Sources; War; Case Method (Teaching Technique); Class Activities; College Instruction; Kentucky + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Volkszählung; Sklaverei; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Primärquelle; Krieg; Case method; Fallmethode; Hochschullehre
Abstract	Historians have long appreciated the value of the U.S. Census as a source of statistical data for studying nineteenth- and twentieth-century American history. However, in ways that many other primary source documents do not, the census reflects and addresses social, political, and economic issues on national, state, and community levels simultaneously, such as the relationship between slavery and westward migration. Moreover, unlike other original sources, the census is underutilized in the college history classroom. Beginning in 1850 when the census incorporated social statistics--property ownership (real estate and personal)--and additional schedules--slave, agriculture, manufacturing, and mortality--were created, national concerns about the state of the country were brought to and recorded at the individual level. As the debate over slavery became more heated and the secession of certain southern states seemed a real possibility, communities, especially those in the Border States, divided over their sympathies and their options. Cynthiana in Harrison County, Kentucky, was one of many of those divided communities. This case study permits students to analyze individuals and their choices on their own terms so that students cultivate a broader, yet more nuanced, understanding of the complex issues that circumscribed both the community and the nation during the Civil War. Particular attention is paid to answering the question: Where does Cynthiana fit in the national, historical narrative? (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01